Bible in Basic English
"And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely."
— Judges 1:28, Bible in Basic English
“And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.”
“And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. ”
“It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.”
“Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.”
So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.
And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.
And Manasseh did not take away the land of the people of Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, or of Taanach and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Ibleam and its daughter-towns, or of the people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, driving them out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.
And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.
And Ephraim did not make the Canaanites who were living in Gezer go out; but the Canaanites went on living in Gezer among them.
Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.
And Asher did not take the land of the people of Acco, or Zidon, or Ahlab, or Achzib, or Helbah, or Aphik, or Rehob, driving them out;