Joshua 15 - 17

The inheritance of Judah is with much territory in the southern half of the country. Ephraim and (half of Manasseh) are given territory in the central region of the land. Caleb drove out the inhabitants in his allotted territory, but in Judah the Jebusites continued to hold the city of Jerusalem (until the days of David), and the Philistines continued to control the Gaza Strip, and the land between Judah and Egypt to the Southwest. Likewise, Ephraim and Manasseh failed to completely drive out the inhabitants of the land within their allotted territories.