Joshua 15

¹ The portion falling to the tribe of the sons of Judah, by clans, was near the frontier of Edom, from thedesert of Zin southwards to Kadesh in the south.

² Their southern frontier began at the tip of the Salt Sea, at the southerly bay;

³ it proceeded south of the Ascent of Scorpions, crossed Zin and came up to Kadesh-Barnea from thesouth; past Hezron, it went on to Addar and turned towards Karka;

⁴ the frontier then went on to Azmon, came out at the Torrent of Egypt and reached as far as the sea.This is to be your southern frontier.

⁵ The eastern frontier was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

⁶ The northern boundary began at the bay at the mouth of the Jordan. The boundary went up to Beth-Hoglah, passed north of Beth-ha-Arabah and went on to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

⁷ The boundary then went on to Debir from the Vale of Achor and turned north towards the stone circleopposite the Ascent of Adummim, which is south of the Torrent; the boundary went on to the Waters of En-Shemesh and came out at En-Rogel.

⁸ It then went back up the Val ey of Hinnom, coming from the south to the flank of the Jebusite -- that is,Jerusalem -- and climbed to the crest of the mountain barring the Valley of Hinnom to the west, at the northernend of the Val ey of the Rephaim.

⁹ From the mountain top, the boundary curved round to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, went on tothe towns of Mount Ephron and then turned towards Baalah -- that is, Kiriath-Jearim.

¹⁰ From Baalah, the boundary curved westwards to the highlands of Seir, skirted the northern slope ofMount Jearim -- that is, Chesalon -- went down to Beth-Shemesh and through Timnah,

¹¹ came out on the northern flank of Ekron, turned towards Shikkeron and, passing through thehighlands of Baalah, came out at Jabneel, and reached as far as the sea.

¹² The western boundary was the Great Sea itself. Such was the frontier surrounding the sons of Judah,by clans.

¹³ Caleb son of Jephunneh was given a share within that of the sons of Judah, in accordance withYahweh's order to Joshua: Kiriath-Arba, the town of the father of Anak -- that is, Hebron.

¹⁴ Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, descended from Anak.

¹⁵ From there he marched on the inhabitants of Debir; Debir in olden days was cal ed Kiriath-Sepher.

¹⁶ Caleb then said, 'To the man who attacks and takes Kiriath-Sepher, I shal give my daughter Achsahas wife.'

¹⁷ The man who captured it was Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, who gave him his daughterAchsah as wife.

¹⁸ When she arrived, he urged her to ask her father for arable land, but when she alighted from thedonkey and Caleb asked her, 'What is the matter?'

¹⁹ she said to him, 'Grant me a blessing! As the land you have given me is the Negeb, give me springsof water too!' So Caleb gave her what she wanted, the upper springs and the lower springs.

²⁰ Such was the heritage of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by clans.

²¹ Towns at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah, near the frontier of Edom in the Negeb:Kabzeel, Arad, Jagur,

²² Kinah, Dimon, Aroer,

²³ Kedesh, Hazor-Ithnan,

²⁴ Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

²⁵ Hazor-Hadattah, Kiriath-Hezron -- that is, Hazor-

²⁶ Amam, Shema, Moladah,

²⁷ Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet,

²⁸ Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its dependencies,

²⁹ Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

³⁰ Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,

³¹ Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

³² Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon: in al , twenty-nine towns with their vil ages.

³³ In the lowlands: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

³⁴ Zanoah, En-Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

³⁵ Jarmuth, Adul am, Socoh, Azekah,

³⁶ Shaaraim, Aditaim, Ha-Gederah and Gederothaim: fourteen towns with their vil ages.

³⁷ Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-Gad,

³⁸ Dilean, Ha-Mizpeh, Jokteel,

³⁹ Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

⁴⁰ Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish,

⁴¹ Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah: sixteen towns with their vil ages.

⁴² Libna, Ether, Asham,

⁴³ Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

⁴⁴ Keilah, Achzib and Mareshah: nine towns with their vil ages.

⁴⁵ Ekron with its dependencies and its vil ages.

⁴⁶ From Ekron to the sea, everything to the side of Ashdod, with its vil ages.

⁴⁷ Ashdod with its dependencies and its vil ages; Gaza with its dependencies and its vil ages as far asthe Torrent of Egypt, the Great Sea forming the boundary.

⁴⁸ In the highlands: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

⁴⁹ Dannah, Kiriath-Sepher, now Debir,

⁵⁰ Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

⁵¹ Goshen, Holon and Giloh: eleven towns with their vil ages.

⁵² Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

⁵³ Janum, Beth-Tappuah, Aphekah,

⁵⁴ Humtah, Kiriath-Arba, now Hebron, and Zior: nine towns with their vil ages.

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

⁵⁶ Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

⁵⁷ Ha-Kain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten towns with their vil ages.

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth-Zur, Gedor,

⁵⁹ Maarath, Beth-Anoth and Eltekon: six towns with their vil ages. Tekoa, Ephrathah, now Bethlehem,Peor, Etam, Kulon, Tatam, Sores, Carem, Gallim, Bether and Manach: eleven towns with their vil ages.

⁶⁰ Kiriath-Baal, that is Kiriath-Jearim, and Rabbah: two towns with their vil ages.

⁶¹ In the desert: Beth-Arabah, Middin, Secacah,

⁶² Nibshan, Salt Town and En-Gedi: six towns with their vil ages.

⁶³ The Jebusites, however, who lived in Jerusalem, the sons of Judah were unable to dispossess, andthe Jebusites stil live in Jerusalem today, side by side with the sons of Judah.