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.

[1:21]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:21]  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).

[1:35]  ³ tn Or “were determined.”

[1:35]  ⁴ tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.

[1:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”