Failure of the Other Tribes

27 At that time Manasseh failed to take possession of Beth-shean[a](A) and its villages,[b] or Taanach(B) and its villages, or the residents of Dor(C) and its villages, or the residents of Ibleam[c](D) and its villages, or the residents of Megiddo(E) and its villages; the Canaanites refused to leave[d] this land.(F) 28 When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:27 LXX reads Beth-shean, which is a Scythian city
  2. Judges 1:27 LXX reads its villages or the fields around it
  3. Judges 1:27 LXX reads Balaam
  4. Judges 1:27 LXX reads Canaanites began to live in

27 But Manasseh did not(A) drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor(B) or Ibleam(C) or Megiddo(D) and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites(E) were determined to live in that land. 28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.(F)

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