Joshua 15
1 The lot assigned to the tribe of Judah, clan by clan, reached the border of Edom, the Wilderness of Zin in the south, at the far southern edge.
2 Their southern border began at the end of the Salt Sea, at the bay facing south.
3 It ran south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed through Zin, went up south of Kadesh-barnea, passed Hezron, went up to Addar, and curved around to Karka.
4 It passed Azmon and reached the Brook of Egypt; the border ended at the sea. This was your southern border.
5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea, as far as the end of the Jordan. The northern border began at the bay of the sea, at the end of the Jordan.
6 The border went up to Beth-hoglah, passed north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
7 The border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, then turned north toward Gilgal, opposite the Ascent of Adummim, south of the ravine. It passed the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel.
8 The border went up through the Valley of Ben-hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusites—that is, Jerusalem. It went up to the summit of the hill opposite the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
9 From the summit of the hill, the border extended to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and reached the towns of Mount Ephron. Then the border extended to Baalah, that is, Kiriath-jearim.
10 From Baalah the border curved westward to Mount Seir, passed along the northern slope of Mount Jearim—that is, Chesalon—went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah.
11 The border reached the northern slope of Ekron. It extended to Shikkeron, passed Mount Baalah, and reached Jabneel; the border ended at the sea.
12 The western border was the Great Sea and its coastline. This was the border of the people of Judah, all around, clan by clan.
13 As the LORD had commanded Joshua, he gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah: Kiriath-arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron.
14 Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
15 From there he went up against the people living in Debir. Debir had formerly been called Kiriath-sepher.
16 Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”
17 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.
18 When she arrived, she urged him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
19 She answered, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water too.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, clan by clan.
21 The towns at the edge of the tribe of Judah, by the border of Edom in the Negev, were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
26 Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,
28 Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: twenty-nine towns in all, with their villages.
33 In the Shephelah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen towns with their villages.
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish,
41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen towns with their villages.
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine towns with their villages.
45 Ekron, with its towns and villages.
46 From Ekron westward, everything beside Ashdod, with its villages.
47 Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt; and the Great Sea with its coastline.
48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),
50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven towns with their villages.
52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
53 Janum, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior: nine towns with their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten towns with their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six towns with their villages.
60 Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah: two towns with their villages.
61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi: six towns with their villages.
63 The people of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites have lived with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
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