Joshua Chapter 15 Back Next{15:1} The lot for the tribe of the children of
Judah according to their families was to the border of
Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
{15:2} Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the
bay that looks southward;
{15:3} and it went out southward of the ascent of
Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of
Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by
Hezron, went up to
Addar, and turned about to
Karka;
{15:4} and it passed along to
Azmon, went out at the
brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.
{15:5} The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the
Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.
{15:6} The border went up to
Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of
Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
{15:7} The border went up to
Debir from the valley of
Achor, and so northward, looking toward
Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of
Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of
En Shemesh, and ended at
En Rogel.
{15:8} The border went up by the valley of the son of
Hinnom to the side of the
Jebusite southward (the same is
Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.
{15:9} The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of
Mount Ephron; and the border extended to
Baalah (the same is
Kiriath Jearim);
{15:10} and the border turned about from
Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is
Chesalon), and went down to
Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
{15:11} and the border went out to the side of
Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at
Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
{15:12} The west border was to the shore of the
great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
{15:13} To
Caleb the son of
Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to
Joshua, even
Kiriath Arba, named after the
father of
Anak (the same is
Hebron).
{15:14} Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
{15:15} He went up against the inhabitants of
Debir: now the name of Debir before was
Kiriath Sepher.
{15:16} Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give
Achsah my daughter as wife."
{15:17} Othniel the son of
Kenaz, the
brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
{15:18} It happened, when she came, that she had him ask her father fore a
field. She got off of her
donkey, and Caleb said, "What do you want?"
{15:19} She said, "Give me a
blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water." He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
{15:20} This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
{15:21} The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were
Kabzeel,
Eder,
Jagur,
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Kinah,
Dimonah,
Adadah,
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Kedesh,
Hazor,
Ithnan,
{15:24} Ziph, Telem,
Bealoth,
{15:25}
Hazor Hadattahclick="NoteClicked(this,4245);return false;">Hazor
Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (the same is
Hazor),
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Amam, Shema, Moladah,
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Hazar Gaddah,
Heshmon,
Beth Pelet,
{15:28} Hazar Shual,
Beersheba,
Biziothiah,
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Baalah,
Iim,
Ezem,
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Eltolad,
Chesil,
Hormah,
{15:31} Ziklag,
Madmannah, Sansannah,
{15:32} Lebaoth, Shilhim,
Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
{15:33} In the lowland,
Eshtaol, Zorah,
Ashnah,
{15:34} Zanoah,
En Gannim, Tappuah,
Enam,
{15:35}
Jarmuth,
Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
{15:36} Shaaraim,
Adithaim and
Gederah (or
Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
{15:37} Zenan,
Hadashah,
Migdal Gad,
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Dilean, Mizpeh,
Joktheel,
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Lachish,
Bozkath,
Eglon,
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Cabbon,
Lahmam,
Chitlish,
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Gederoth,
Beth Dagon, Naamah, and
Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
{15:42}
Libnah, Ether,
Ashan,
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Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
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Keilah,
Achzib, and
Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
{15:45} Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
{15:46} from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of
Ashdod, with their villages.
{15:47} Ashdod, its towns and its villages;
Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
{15:48} In the
hill country, Shamir,
Jattir, Socoh,
{15:49}
Dannah,
Kiriath Sannah (which is Debir),
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Anab,
Eshtemoh,
Anim,
{15:51}
Goshen,
Holon, and
Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
{15:52}
Arab,
Dumah,
Eshan,
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Janim,
Beth Tappuah,
Aphekah,
{15:54}
Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
{15:55}
Maon,
Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
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Jezreel,
Jokdeam, Zanoah,
{15:57}
Kain,
Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
{15:58}
Halhul,
Beth Zur,
Gedor,
{15:59}
Maarath,
Beth Anoth, and
Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
{15:60}
Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
{15:61} In the wilderness, Beth Arabah,
Middin, Secacah,
{15:62} Nibshan, the
City of Salt, and
En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
{15:63} As for the
Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn't drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
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