Judges 1:21

1:21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹  The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. ² 

Judges 1:30

1:30 The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. ³  The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

Judges 2:23

2:23 This is why ⁴  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; ⁵  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

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¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

³ tn Heb “the people living in Kitron and the people living in Nahalol.”

⁴ tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

⁵ tn Or “quickly.”