## cities…villages ##

These are towns, which are places where people live together. "Cities" are larger than towns, but "villages" are smaller than towns.

## Beth Shan…Taanach…Dor…Ibleam…Megiddo ##

These are the 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. AT: "because the Canaanites firmly decided not to leave that land"

## they forced the Canaanites to serve them with hard labor ##

AT: "they forced the Canaanites to do hard work for them"