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 1:29

1:29 The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

Judges 1:35

1:35 The Amorites managed ³  to remain in Har Heres, ⁴  Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, ⁵  the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

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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 Or “were determined.”

⁴ tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.

⁵ tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”