Judges 1:22-36 ▼

22 And the house of Joseph went up—even they—against Bethel, and YHWH was with them.

23 And the house of Joseph they sent to spy out in Bethel (and the name of the city was formerly Luz),

24 and the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Show us, please, the entrance to the city, and we will show you kindness.”

25 And he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the mouth of the sword. And the man and all his family they sent away.

26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city, and he called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.

27 And Manasseh did not dispossess those of Beth-shean and its villages, and Taanach and its villages, and those dwelling in Dor and its villages, and those dwelling in Ibleam and its villages, and those dwelling in Megiddo and its villages; for the Canaanite were determined to dwell in this land.

28 And it came to pass, when Israel became strong, that he put the Canaanite to forced labor, and he did not drive him out completely.

29 And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanite dwelling in Gezer; and the Canaanite dwelt among them in Gezer.

30 Zebulun did not dispossess those dwelling in Kitron, and those dwelling in Nahalol; and the Canaanite dwelt among them and were put to forced labor.

31 Asher did not dispossess those dwelling in Acco, and those dwelling in Sidon, and of Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphek, and Rehob.

32 And the Asherite dwelt among the Canaanite dwellers of the land, for they did not drive them out.

33 Naphtali did not dispossess those dwelling in Beth-shemesh and those dwelling in Beth-anath, and they dwelt among the Canaanite dwellers of the land. And those dwelling in Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced labor to them.

34 And the Amorite pressed the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley.

35 And the Amorite were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. And the strength of the house of Joseph became heavy, and they were put to forced labor.

36 And the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and upward.