Joshua 17:12
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Cross-reference
Joshua 15:63 records Judah's similar failure to drive out Jebusites from Jerusalem, mirroring Manasseh's inability here.
Joshua 16:10 reports Ephraim's failure to drive out Canaanites from Gezer, reinforcing the pattern of incomplete conquest.
Joshua 5:1 records Canaanite terror at Israel's crossing, highlighting the contrast with Manasseh's later inability to drive them out.
Exodus 23:29-33 commands driving out Canaanites gradually yet warns against letting them stay, contrasting with Manasseh's failure here.
Numbers 33:52-56 commands complete dispossession and warns of consequences, directly opposed to Manasseh's failure to drive them out.
Judges 1:27 repeats verbatim Manasseh's failure to drive out the Canaanites from the same cities, confirming the ongoing situation.
Judges 1:28 adds that Israel later put the Canaanites to forced labor instead of driving them out, a partial resolution to this failure.
1 Kings 9:21 shows the long-term outcome: Solomon later conscripted those same Canaanites as forced labor, fulfilling the pattern started here.
Psalm 106:34 directly references this failure to drive out the nations, framing it as disobedience to God's command.