17. But Judah went with his brother Simeon and struck down the Canaanites living in Zephath and utterly destroyed it. So now they call the city Hormah.
18. Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory belonging to each of these cities.
19. The Lord was with Judah, and they took the hill country but could not drive out the inhabitants of the coastal plain, for they had iron chariots.
20. They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak.
21. However, the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live with the tribe of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
22. The descendants of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23. The descendants of Joseph sent spies into Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz).
24. The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”
25. So he showed them an entrance to the city. They struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and his extended family go.
26. The man went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city and named it Luz, and that is its name to this day.