^{22 Ref} And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.

^{23 Ref} And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)

^{24 Ref} And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

^{25 Ref} And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

^{26 Ref} And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.

^{27 Ref} And Manasseh did not drive out `the inhabitants of' Beth-shean and its towns, nor `of' Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

^{29 Ref} And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.