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Failure to Drive Out the Canaanites
Joshua 16 describes the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants, especially Ephraim, and ends with the important note that the Canaanites of Gezer were not driven out.
Judges directly repeats Joshua’s notice that Ephraim did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer and that they continued to live among the tribe, making this one of the clearest Joshua-to-Judges narrative continuities.
Gezer remains an unresolved conquest location from Joshua into the monarchy, finally entering Solomon’s sphere after an Egyptian pharaoh destroys the city and gives it as a marriage gift.
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