20. As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, and Caleb forced out the three sons of Anak.
21. But the people of Benjamin could not make the Jebusite people leave Jerusalem. Since that time the Jebusites have lived with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem.
22. The men of Joseph went to fight against the city of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23. They sent some spies to Bethel (which used to be called Luz).
24. The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, “Show us a way into the city, and we will be kind to you.”
25. So the man showed them the way into the city. The men of Joseph attacked with swords the people in Bethel, but they let the man and his family go free.
26. He went to the land where the Hittites lived and built a city. He named it Luz, which it is called even today.
27. There were Canaanites living in the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and the small towns around them. The people of Manasseh did not force those people out of their towns, because the Canaanites were determined to stay there.
28. Later, the Israelites grew strong and forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they did not make all the Canaanites leave their land.