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Judges 1:18-33 Jubilee Bible (JUB)

18. Also Judah took Gaza with its border and Askelon with its border and Ekron with its border.

19. And the Lord was with Judah, who drove out the inhabitants of the mountains, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains, because they had chariots of iron.

20. And they gave Hebron unto Caleb as Moses had said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

21. And the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; thus the Jebusites dwell with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

22. And also those of the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

23. And those of the house of Joseph put spies in 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, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy.

25. And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go and all his family.

26. And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and called the name of it Luz, which is its name unto this day.

27. Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and its towns nor Taanach and its towns nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanite desired to dwell in that land.

28. And it came to pass when Israel was strong that they put the Canaanites under tribute but did not utterly drive them out.

29. Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanite dwelt in Gezer among them.

30. Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron nor the inhabitants of Nahalol, but the Canaanite 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. to the contrary Asher dwelt among the Canaanites that inhabited the land, for they did not drive them out.

33. Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh nor the inhabitants of Bethanath, but he dwelt among the Canaanites that inhabited the land; nevertheless, the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

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