²¹ The Benjamites, however, did not drive out^(A) the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem;^(B) to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

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.

²⁹ Nor did Ephraim^(A) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,^(B) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.^(C)

3 These are the nations the Lord left to test^(A) all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan