Joshua 15

¹The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of Edom , to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south .

²And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea , from the bay that faces southward .

³It goes out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim , passes along to Zin , and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea , along by Hezron , up to Addar , turns about to Karka ,

⁴passes along to Azmon , goes out by the Brook of Egypt , and comes to its end at the sea . This shall be your south boundary .

⁵And the east boundary is the Salt Sea , to the mouth of the Jordan . And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan .

⁶And the boundary goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth-arabah . And the boundary goes up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben .

⁷And the boundary goes up to Debir from the Valley of Achor , and so northward , turning toward Gilgal , which is opposite the ascent of Adummim , which is on the south side of the valley . And the boundary passes along to the waters of En-shemesh and ends at En-rogel .

⁸Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem ). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom , on the west , at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim .

⁹Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah , and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron . Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ( that is, Kiriath-jearim ).

¹⁰And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir , passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon ), and goes down to Beth-shemesh and passes along by Timnah .

¹¹The boundary goes out to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron , then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount Baalah and goes out to Jabneel . Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea .

¹²And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coastline . This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans .

¹³According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua , he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah , Kiriath-arba , that is, Hebron ( Arba was the father of Anak ).

¹⁴And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak , Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai , the descendants of Anak .

¹⁵And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir . Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher .

¹⁶And Caleb said , Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife .

¹⁷And Othniel the son of Kenaz , the brother of Caleb , captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife .

¹⁸When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field . And she got off her donkey , and Caleb said to her, What do you want?

¹⁹She said to him, Give me a blessing . Since you have given me the land of the Negeb , give me also springs of water . And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs .

²⁰This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans .

²¹The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south , toward the boundary of Edom , were Kabzeel , Eder , Jagur ,

²²Kinah , Dimonah , Adadah ,

²³Kedesh , Hazor , Ithnan ,

²⁴Ziph , Telem , Bealoth ,

²⁵Hazor-hadattah , Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor ),

²⁶Amam , Shema , Moladah ,

²⁷Hazar-gaddah , Heshmon , Beth-pelet ,

²⁸Hazar-shual , Beersheba , Biziothiah ,

²⁹Baalah , Iim , Ezem ,

³⁰Eltolad , Chesil , Hormah ,

³¹Ziklag , Madmannah , Sansannah ,

³²Lebaoth , Shilhim , Ain , and Rimmon : in all , twenty-nine cities with their villages .

³³And in the lowland , Eshtaol , Zorah , Ashnah ,

³⁴Zanoah , En-gannim , Tappuah , Enam ,

³⁵Jarmuth , Adullam , Socoh , Azekah ,

³⁶Shaaraim , Adithaim , Gederah , Gederothaim : fourteen cities with their villages .

³⁷Zenan , Hadashah , Migdal-gad ,

³⁸Dilean , Mizpeh , Joktheel ,

³⁹Lachish , Bozkath , Eglon ,

⁴⁰Cabbon , Lahmam , Chitlish ,

⁴¹Gederoth , Beth-dagon , Naamah , and Makkedah : sixteen cities with their villages .

⁴²Libnah , Ether , Ashan ,

⁴³Iphtah , Ashnah , Nezib ,

⁴⁴Keilah , Achzib , and Mareshah : nine cities with their villages .

⁴⁵Ekron , with its towns and its villages ;

⁴⁶from Ekron to the sea , all that were by the side of Ashdod , with their villages .

⁴⁷Ashdod , its towns and its villages ; Gaza , its towns and its villages ; to the Brook of Egypt , and the Great Sea with its coastline .

⁴⁸And in the hill country , Shamir , Jattir , Socoh ,

⁴⁹Dannah , Kiriath-sannah ( that is, Debir ),

⁵⁰Anab , Eshtemoh , Anim ,

⁵¹Goshen , Holon , and Giloh : eleven cities with their villages .

⁵²Arab , Dumah , Eshan ,

⁵³Janim , Beth-tappuah , Aphekah ,

⁵⁴Humtah , Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron ), and Zior : nine cities with their villages .

⁵⁵Maon , Carmel , Ziph , Juttah ,

⁵⁶Jezreel , Jokdeam , Zanoah ,

⁵⁷Kain , Gibeah , and Timnah : ten cities with their villages .

⁵⁸Halhul , Beth-zur , Gedor ,

⁵⁹Maarath , Beth-anoth , and Eltekon : six cities with their villages .

⁶⁰Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim ), and Rabbah : two cities with their villages .

⁶¹In the wilderness , Beth-arabah , Middin , Secacah ,

⁶²Nibshan , the City of Salt , and Engedi : six cities with their villages .

⁶³But the Jebusites , the inhabitants of Jerusalem , the people of Judah could not drive out , so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day .