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And it came to pass that the children of the Kenite, the father-in-law of Moses, did go up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they did go and dwell among the people.
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And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and they did slay the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and utterly destroyed it.
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And so it was that Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
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¶ And it came to pass that יהוה (YHVH) was with Judah; and they did drive out the inhabitants of the mountain but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron.
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And so it was that they did give Hebron unto Kaleb as Moses said; and he did expel from there the three sons of Anak.
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And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; thus, the Jebusites did dwell with the children of Benjamin.
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¶ And it came to pass that the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and יהוה (YHVH), was with them.
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And so it was that the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel.
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Now the name of the city before was Luz, and the spies saw a man come forth out of the city.
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And the spies did say unto him: Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy.
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And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
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And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz.
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Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns; but the Canaanites did dwell in that land.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Israel was strong, that they did put the Canaanites to tribute and did not utterly drive them out.
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Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
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Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites did dwell among them and these did become tributaries.
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Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
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And so it was that the Asherites did dwell among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
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Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land;
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Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
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¶ And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not suffer them to come down to the valleys:
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But the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed so that they became tributaries.
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And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.