RobH_en_tn/jdg/01/27.md

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Beth Shan ... Taanach ... Dor ... Ibleam ... Megiddo

These are names of cities. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

because the Canaanites were determined to live in that land

To "determine" is to firmly decide something. Alternate translation: "because the Canaanites firmly decided not to leave that land"