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And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees
with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which
lieth
in the south of Arad; and they
went and dwelt among the people.
17
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the
Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called
Hormah.
18
Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and
Ekron with the coast thereof.
19
And the L
ORD
was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of
the mountain; but could not drive out
the inhabitants of
the valley, because they had chariots of
iron.
20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of
Anak.
21
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but
the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
22
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the L
ORD
was
with them.
23
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before
was
Luz.)
24
And
the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the
entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
25
And when he shewed them the entrance into
the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
26
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz:
which
is
the name thereof unto this day.
27
Neither did Manasseh 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 would dwell in that land.
28
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not
utterly drive them out.
29
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt
in Gezer among them.
30
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but
the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
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 dwelt 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 dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the
inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
34
And the Amorites
forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer 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 tributaries.
36
And the coast of the Amorites
was
from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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