Judges 1:19-36 - Israel Fails To Conquer The Land
19 Jehovah was with Judah. He drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised and he expelled the three sons of Anak.
21 The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem. The Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22 The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel: and Jehovah was with them. 23 The house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. 24 The spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him: Show us the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy. 25 When he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But spared the man and all his family. 26 The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city. He called it Luz, which is its name this day.
27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites wanted to live in that land. 28 When Israel was strong they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor. They did not completely drive them out.
29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that lived in Gezer. But the Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.
30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became forced laborers.
31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 32 But the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became forced laborers to them.
34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain. They would not allow them to come down to the valley. 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became forced laborers. 36 The boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.