Discovery BoxJoshua 10:20 
Context10:20 Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities. 1
Joshua 17:13
Context17:13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. 2
1 tn Heb “When Joshua and the sons of Israel finished defeating them with a very great defeat until they were destroyed (now the survivors escaped to the fortified cities).” In the Hebrew text the initial temporal clause (“when Joshua…finished”) is subordinated to v. 21 (“the whole army returned”).
2 sn On the Israelites’ failure to conquer the Canaanites completely, see Judg 1:27-28.
