But they did not driveout the Canaaniteswho livedin Gezer,so the Canaaniteslivein the midstof Ephraimto thisday,and they becameforcedlaborers.
Now thisis the accountof the forcedlaborwhichKingSolomonleviedto buildthe houseof the LORD,his own house,the Millo,the wallof Jerusalem,Hazor,Megiddo,and Gezer.
[For] Pharaohkingof Egypthad goneup and capturedGezerand burnedit with fire,and killedthe Canaaniteswho livedin the city,and had givenit [as] a dowryto his daughter,Solomon'swife.
their descendantswhowere leftafterthem in the landwhomthe sonsof Israelwere unableto destroyutterly,from them Solomonleviedforcedlaborers,evento thisday.
[namely], from their descendantswhowere leftafterthem in the landwhomthe sonsof Israelhad not destroyed,them Solomonraisedas forcedlaborersto thisday.
ThenHoramkingof Gezercameup to helpLachish,and Joshuadefeatedhim and his peopleuntilhe had lefthim nosurvivor.
Now as for the Jebusites,the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,the sonsof Judahcouldnot drivethem out; so the Jebusiteslivewith the sonsof Judahat Jerusalemuntilthisday.
[together] with the citieswhich were setapartfor the sonsof Ephraimin the midstof the inheritanceof the sonsof Manasseh,allthe citieswith their villages.
But the sonsof Manassehcouldnot takepossessionof thesecities,because the Canaanitespersistedin livingin that land.
It cameabout whenthe sonsof Israelbecamestrong,they putthe Canaanitesto forcedlabor,but they did not drivethem out completely.
Ephraimdid not driveout the Canaaniteswho were livingin Gezer;so the Canaaniteslivedin Gezeramongthem.
