17. And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it; and they called the name of the city Hormah.
18. And Judah took Gazah and its border, and Ashkelon and its border, and Ekron and its border.
19. And Jehovah was with Judah; and he took possession of the hill-country, for he did not dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
20. And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.
21. And the children of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.
23. And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.
24. And the guards saw a man come forth out of the city, and said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, how we may enter into the city, and we will shew thee kindness.
25. And he shewed them how to enter into the city. And 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 its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
27. And Manasseh did not dispossess Beth-shean and its dependent villages, nor Taanach and its dependent villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its dependent villages, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its dependent villages, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its dependent villages; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28. And it came to pass when Israel became strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
29. And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt among them in Gezer.
30. Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31. Asher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor Ahlab, nor Achzib, nor Helbah, nor Aphik, nor Rehob;
32. and the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not dispossess them.
33. Naphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; and he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries to them.
34. And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country, for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley.
35. And the Amorites would dwell on mount Heres, in Ajalon and in Shaalbim; but the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, and they became tributaries.
36. And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upwards.