Joshua 15

The Land of Judah

1 So this was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

*Num. 34:3The border of Edom at the *Num. 33:36Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. 2 And their *Num. 34:3, 4southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3 Then it went out to the southern side of *Num. 34:4the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa. 4 Fromthere it passed *Num. 34:5toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.

5 The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

And the *Josh. 18:15–19border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6 The border went up to *Josh. 18:19, 21Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up *Josh. 18:17to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 7 Then the border went up toward *Josh. 13:26Debir from *Josh. 7:26the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at *2 Sam. 17:17; 1 Kin. 1:9En Rogel. 8 And the border went up *Josh. 18:16; 2 Kin. 23:10; Jer. 19:2, 6by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the *Josh. 15:63; 18:28; Judg. 1:21; 19:10Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley *Josh. 18:16of Rephaim northward. 9 Then the border went around from the top of the hill to *Josh. 18:15the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around *1 Chr. 13:6to Baalah (which is*Judg. 18:12Kirjath Jearim). 10 Then the border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to *Gen. 38:13; Judg. 14:1Timnah. 11 And the border went out to the side of *Josh. 19:43Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.

12 The west border was*Num. 34:6, 7; Josh. 15:47the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.

Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir

13 *Josh. 14:13Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of *Num. 13:6Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely,*Josh. 14:15Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arbawas the father of Anak). 14 Caleb drove out *Judg. 1:10, 20the three sons of Anak from there: *Num. 13:22Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 Then *Josh. 10:38; Judg. 1:11he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).

16 *Judg. 1:12And Caleb said, "He who attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife." 17 So *Judg. 1:13; 3:9Othniel the *Num. 32:12; Josh. 14:6son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him *Judg. 1:12Achsah his daughter as wife. 18 *Judg. 1:14Now it was so, when she came tohim, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So *Gen. 24:64; 1 Sam. 25:23she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?" 19 She answered, "Give me a *Gen. 33:11blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The Cities of Judah

20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

21 The cities at the limits of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the South, were Kabzeel, *Gen. 35:21Eder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 *1 Sam. 23:14Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor, Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (which is Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, 28 Hazar Shual, *Gen. 21:31; Josh. 19:2Beersheba, Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, Ijim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, *Josh. 19:4Hormah, 31 *Josh. 19:5; 1 Sam. 27:6; 30:1Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and *Judg. 20:45, 47Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

33 In the lowland: *Judg. 13:25; 16:31Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 Jarmuth, *1 Sam. 22:1Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Sharaim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages; 37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpah, *2 Kin. 14:7Joktheel, 39 *2 Kin. 14:19Lachish, Bozkath, *Josh. 10:3Eglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Kithlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages; 42 *Josh. 21:13Libnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Jiphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages; 45 Ekron, with its towns and villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near *Josh. 11:22Ashdod, with their villages; 47 Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages—as far as *Josh. 15:4the Brook of Egypt and *Num. 34:6the Great Sea with its coastline.

48 And in the mountain country: Shamir, Jattir, Sochoh, 49 Dannah, Kirjath Sannah (which is Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 *Josh. 10:41; 11:16Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages; 52 Arab, Dumah, Eshean, 53 Janum, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, *Josh. 14:15Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages; 55 *1 Sam. 23:24, 25Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages; 58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages; 60 *Josh. 18:14; 1 Sam. 7:1, 2Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim) and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

61 In the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and *1 Sam. 23:29; Ezek. 47:10En Gedi: six cities with their villages.

63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, *Judg. 1:8, 21; 2 Sam. 5:6; 1 Chr. 11:4the children of Judah could not drive them out; *Judg. 1:21but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.