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Judges 1:17-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17. And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they defeated the Canaanites inhabiting Zephath; they utterly destroyed it, so he called the name of the city Hormah.

18. Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.

19. And Yahweh was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron.

20. They gave Hebron to Caleb just as Moses said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak from there.

21. But the descendants of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived among the descendants of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

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