25 When he showed them the way into the town, they put the town to the sword but released the man and his entire family. 26 Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name to this day.

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)

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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

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