The Israelites had not been able to destroy them, but Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves. They are still slaves today.
Joshua 17:12 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version The people of Manasseh were not able to defeat those cities. So the Canaanites continued to live there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet the sons of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. American Standard Version (1901) Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Common English Bible The people of Manasseh couldn’t take over these cities, and the Canaanites were determined to live in this land. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of Manasseh were not able to overthrow these cities, and so the Canaanite began to dwell in their land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither could the children of Manasses overthrow these cities: but the Chanaanite began to dwell in his land. |
The Israelites had not been able to destroy them, but Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves. They are still slaves today.
The army of Judah was not able to force out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So today there are still Jebusites living among the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
But the Ephraimites were not able to force the Canaanites to leave the town of Gezer. So the Canaanites still live among the Ephraimites today, although they did become slaves of the Ephraimites.