Joshua 15

¹ And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south; ² and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward; ³ and it has gone out unto the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over [to] Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned round to Karkaa, ⁴ and passed over [to] Azmon, and gone out [at] the brook of Egypt, and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea; this is to you the south border. ⁵ And the east border [is] the salt sea, unto the extremity of the Jordan, and the border at the north quarter [is] from the bay of the sea, at the extremity of the Jordan; ⁶ and the border has gone up [to] Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border has gone up [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben. ⁷ and the border has gone up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking unto Gilgal, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, which [is] on the south of the brook, and the border has passed over unto the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been unto En-Rogel; ⁸ and the border has gone up the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite on the south (it [is] Jerusalem), and the border has gone up unto the top of the hill-country which [is] on the front of the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] in the extremity of the valley of the Rephaim northward; ⁹ and the border has been marked out, from the top of the hill-country unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and has gone out unto the cities of mount Ephron, and the border has been marked out [to] Baalah, (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim); ¹⁰ and the border has gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it [is] Chesalon), on the north, and gone down [to] Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah; ¹¹ and the border has gone out unto the side of Ekron northward, and the border has been marked out [to] Shicron, and has passed over to mount Baalah, and gone out [to] Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea. ¹² And the west border [is] to the great sea, and [its] border; this [is] the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families. ¹³ And to Caleb son of Jephunneh has he given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the command of Yahweh to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba, father of Anak - it [is] Hebron. ¹⁴ And Caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak, ¹⁵ and he goes up thence unto the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir formerly is Kirjath-Sepher. ¹⁶ And Caleb said, "He who smites Kirjath-Sephar, and has captured it - I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife." ¹⁷ And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, does capture it, and he gives to him Achsah his daughter for a wife. ¹⁸ And it comes to pass, in her coming in, that she persuades him to ask from her father a field, and she lights from off the ass, and Caleb said to her, "What - to you?" ¹⁹ And she said, "Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south you have given me, then you have given to me springs of waters;" and he gives to her the upper springs and the lower springs. ²⁰ This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families. ²¹ And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah are unto the border of Edom in the south, 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-Palet, ²⁸ and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah, ²⁹ Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 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 and nine, and their villages. ³³ In the low country: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, ³⁴ and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, ³⁵ Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, ³⁶ and Sharaim, 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 Lahmam, and Kithlish, ⁴¹ and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages. ⁴² Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, ⁴³ and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, ⁴⁴ and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages. ⁴⁵ Ekron and its towns and its villages, ⁴⁶ from Ekron and westward, all that [are] by the side of Ashdod, and their villages. ⁴⁷ Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and [its] border. ⁴⁸ And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, ⁴⁹ and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it [is] Debir) ⁵⁰ and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, ⁵¹ and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages. ⁵² Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, ⁵³ and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah, ⁵⁴ and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages. ⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, ⁵⁶ and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, ⁵⁷ Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages. ⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor, ⁵⁹ and Maarath, and Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages. ⁶⁰ Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities and their villages. ⁶¹ In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah, ⁶² and Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-Gedi; six cities and their villages. ⁶³ As to the Jebusites, inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah have not been able to dispossess them, and the Jebusite dwells with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this day.