Ephraimdid not driveout the Canaaniteswho were livingin Gezer;so the Canaaniteslivedin Gezeramongthem.
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.
ThenHoramkingof Gezercameup to helpLachish,and Joshuadefeatedhim and his peopleuntilhe had lefthim nosurvivor.
But they did not driveout the Canaaniteswho livedin Gezer,so the Canaaniteslivein the midstof Ephraimto thisday,and they becameforcedlaborers.
It cameabout whenIsraelbecamestrong,that they putthe Canaanitesto forcedlabor,but they did not drivethem out completely.
Zebulundid not driveout the inhabitantsof Kitron,or the inhabitantsof Nahalol;so the Canaaniteslivedamongthem and becamesubject to forcedlabor.
