33 Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor.

34 The Amorites(A) forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to go down into the valley. 35 The Amorites refused to leave[a] Har-heres, Aijalon,(B) and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand,[b] the Amorites[c] were made to serve as forced labor.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 1:35 Or Amorites determined to live in
  2. Judges 1:35 Lit When the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy
  3. Judges 1:35 LXX reads Joseph became strong on the Amorites, they

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