en_tn/jdg/01/27.md

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"