Joshua 15:1-41 ▼

1 And the lot of the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans was unto the border of Edom, the Wilderness of Zin southward from the end of the south:

2 And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

3 And it went out to the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and ascended from the Negev of Kadesh-barnea, and passed over to Hezron, and went up to Addar, and went around toward Karka.

4 And it passed toward Azmon, and went out to the Brook of Egypt, and the outgoings of the border were at the sea. This shall be their southern border.

5 And the eastern border was the Salt Sea, as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border began on the northern quarter at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

6 And the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed north of Beth-arabah, and the border went up to the stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

7 And the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the ravine. And the border continued toward the waters of En-shemesh, and it ended at En-rogel.

8 And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), and the border went up to the top of the hill that is upon the face of the Valley of the Son of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaim northward.

9 And the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and it went out to the cities of Mount Ephron, and the border went around to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

10 And the border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed over to the side of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed over to Timnah.

11 And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward, and the border went around to Shicron, and passed over to mount Baalah, and went on to Jabneel; and ended the border at the sea.

12 And the western border was the Great Sea and its coastline. This is the boundary of the sons of Judah all around by their clans.

13 And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the commandment of YHWH to Joshua—Kiriath-arba (the father of Anak), that is, Hebron.

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

15 And he went up from there to those dwelling in Debir; and the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.

16 And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give to him Acsah my daughter as wife.”

17 And Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter for a wife.

18 And it came to pass, in her coming in, that she persuaded him to request from her father a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

19 And she answered, “Give to me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev, give to me springs of water.” And he gave to her the upper springs and the lower springs.

20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans.

21 And the cities at the limits of the tribe of the sons of Judah were toward the border of Edom in the Negev: Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

25 and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (it is Hazor),

26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

27 and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,

28 and Hazar-shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,

29 Baalah, and Ijim, and Ezem,

30 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon—all the cities are twenty-nine, and their villages.

33 In the Shephelah: Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,

34 and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Sochoh, and Azekah,

36 and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen cities, and their villages.

37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

40 and Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Kithlish,

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