Joshua 15

¹The lot for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their families 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 Akrabʹbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kaʹdesh-barʹnea, 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 Adumʹmim, which is on the south side of the valley; and the boundary passes along to the waters of En-sheʹmesh, and ends at En-roʹgel; ⁸then the boundary goes up by the valley of the son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebʹusite (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 Rephʹaim; ⁹then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoʹah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron; then the boundary bends round to Baʹalah (that is, Kirʹiath-jeʹarim); ¹⁰and the boundary circles west of Baʹalah to Mount Seʹir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jeʹarim (that is, Chesʹalon), and goes down to Beth-sheʹmesh, and passes along by Timnah; ¹¹the boundary goes out to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends round to Shikʹkeron, and passes along to Mount Baʹalah, 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 coast-line. This is the boundary round about the people of Judah according to their families.

¹³According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunʹneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kirʹiath-arʹba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). ¹⁴And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheʹshai and Ahiʹman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. ¹⁵And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir formerly was Kirʹiath-seʹpher. ¹⁶And Caleb said, “Whoever smites Kirʹiath-seʹpher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.” ¹⁷And Othʹni-el the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took 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 alighted from her ass, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?” ¹⁹She said to him, “Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

²⁰This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their families. 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, Dimoʹnah, Adaʹdah, ²³Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, ²⁴Ziph, Telem, Be-aʹloth, ²⁵Haʹzor-hadatʹtah, Kerʹi-oth-hezron (that is, Hazor), ²⁶Amam, Shema, Molaʹdah, ²⁷Haʹzar-gadʹdah, Heshmon, Beth-peʹlet, ²⁸Hazar-shuʹal, Beer-sheba, Biziothiʹah, ²⁹Baʹalah, Iʹim, Ezem, ³⁰Eltoʹlad, Chesil, Hormah, ³¹Ziklag, Madmanʹnah, Sansanʹnah, ³²Lebaʹoth, Shilhim, Aʹin, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities, with their villages.

³³And in the lowland, Eshtaʹol, Zorah, Ashnah, ³⁴Zanoʹah, En-ganʹnim, Tapʹpuah, Enam, ³⁵Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azeʹkah, ³⁶Sha-araʹim, Adithaʹim, Gedeʹrah, Gederothaʹim: fourteen cities with their villages.

³⁷Zenan, Hadashʹah, Migʹdal-gad, ³⁸Diʹlean, Mizpeh, Jokʹtheel, ³⁹Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, ⁴⁰Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, ⁴¹Gedeʹroth, Beth-daʹgon, Naʹamah, and Makkeʹdah: sixteen cities with their villages.

⁴²Libnah, Ether, Ashan, ⁴³Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, ⁴⁴Keiʹlah, Achzib, and Mareʹshah: 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 coast-line.

⁴⁸And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, ⁴⁹Dannah, Kirʹiath-sanʹnah (that is, Debir), ⁵⁰Anab, Eshʹtemoh, Anim, ⁵¹Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.

⁵²Arab, Dumah, Eshan, ⁵³Janim, Beth-tapʹpuah, Apheʹkah, ⁵⁴Humtah, Kirʹiath-arʹba (that is, Hebron), and Ziʹor: nine cities with their villages.

⁵⁵Maʹon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, ⁵⁶Jezreel, Jokʹde-am, Zanoʹah, ⁵⁷Kain, Gibʹeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.

⁵⁸Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, ⁵⁹Maʹarath, Beth-anoth, and Elʹtekon: six cities with their villages.

⁶⁰Kirʹiath-baʹal (that is, Kirʹiath-jeʹarim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

⁶¹In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, Secaʹcah, ⁶²Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-geʹdi: six cities with their villages.

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