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so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife. to the city, and they struck the city with the
14 Now it happened, when she came to him, that edge of the sword; but they let the man and all
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she urged him to ask her father for a field. his family go. And the man went to the land
And she dismounted from her donkey, and Ca- of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name
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leb said to her, “What do you wish?” So she Luz, which is its name to this day.
said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you 27 However, Manasseh did not drive out the
have given me land in the South, give me also inhabitants of Beth Shean and its villages, or
springs of water.” Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of
And Caleb gave her the upper springs and Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam
the lower springs. and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo
16 Now the children of the Kenite, Moses’ and its villages; for the Canaanites were deter-
father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms mined to dwell in that land. And it came to
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with the children of Judah into the Wilderness pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
of Judah, which lies in the South near Arad; Canaanites under tribute, but did not com-
and they went and dwelt among the people. pletely drive them out.
17 And Judah went with his brother Simeon, 29 Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites
and they attacked the Canaanites who inhabit- who dwelt in Gezer; so the Canaanites dwelt in
ed Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the Gezer among them.
name of the city was called Hormah. Also Ju- 30 Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants
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dah took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the
with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. Canaanites dwelt among them, and were put
19 So the LORD was with Judah. And they drove under tribute.
out the mountaineers, but they could not drive 31 Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of
out the inhabitants of the lowland, because Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab,
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they had chariots of iron. And they gave Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. So the
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Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. Then he Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the
expelled from there the three sons of Anak. inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive
them out.
33 Nor did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants
of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth
Anath; but they dwelt among the Canaanites,
1:19 they could not drive out.“They”of Judah the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the
could not.They had been promised by Joshua inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath
that they could conquer the lowland (Josh. were put under tribute to them.
17:16,18) and should have remembered 34 And the Amorites forced the children of
Joshua 11:4–9.This is a recurring failure among
the tribes to rise to full trust and obedience for Dan into the mountains, for they would not
victory by God’s power. Compromising for less allow them to come down to the valley;
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than what God was able to give (Josh. 1:6–9) and the Amorites were determined to
began even in Joshua’s day (Judg. 2:2–6) and dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in
earlier (Num.13;14).In another sense,God per- Shaalbim; yet when the strength of the
mitted enemies to hold out as a test to display house of Joseph became greater, they were
whether His people would obey Him (2:20–23; put under tribute.
3:1,4).Another factor involved keeping the wild 36 Now the boundary of the Amorites was
animal count from rising too fast (Deut.7:22). from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and
upward.
Then the Angel of the LORD came up from
21 But the children of Benjamin did not drive 2 Gilgal to Bochim, and said: “I led you up
out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so from Egypt and brought you to the land of
the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benja- which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will
min in Jerusalem to this day. never break My covenant with you. And you
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22 And the house of Joseph also went up shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of
against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But
23 So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you
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Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly done this? Therefore I also said, ‘I will not
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Luz.) And when the spies saw a man coming drive them out before you; but they shall be
out of the city, they said to him, “Please show thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a
us the entrance to the city, and we will show snare to you.’ ” So it was, when the Angel of
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you mercy.” So he showed them the entrance the LORD spoke these words to all the children
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