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1 The
lot for the
tribe of the
children of
Judah according to
their families was
to the border
of Edom, even to
the wilderness of
Zin southward, at
the uttermost part
of the south.
2 Their
south border was
from the uttermost
part of the
Salt Sea, from
the bay that looks
southward;
3 and
it went out
southward of the
ascent of Akrabbim,
and passed along
to Zin, and
went up by
the south of Kadesh
Barnea, and passed
along by Hezron,
went up to Addar,
and turned toward
Karka;
4 and
it passed along
to Azmon, went
out at the
brook of Egypt;
and the border
ended at the
sea. This shall
be your south
border.
5 The
east border was
the Salt Sea,
even to the
end of the
Jordan. The border
of the north
quarter was from
the bay of
the sea at
the end of
the Jordan.
6 The
border went up
to Beth Hoglah, and
passed along by
the north of Beth
Arabah; and the
border went up
to the stone
of Bohan the son
of Reuben.
7 The
border went up
to Debir from
the valley of
Achor, and so
northward, looking
toward Gilgal,
that faces the
ascent of Adummim,
which is on
the south side
of the river.
The border passed
along to the
waters of En Shemesh,
and ended at En
Rogel.
8 The
border went up
by the valley
of the son
of Hinnom to
the side of
the Jebusite (also
called Jerusalem) southward;
and the border
went up to
the top of
the mountain
that lies before
the valley of
Hinnom westward,
which is at
the farthest part
of the valley
of Rephaim
northward.
9 The
border extended
from the top
of the mountain
to the spring
of the waters
of Nephtoah, and
went out to
the cities of
Mount Ephron; and
the border
extended to
Baalah (also called
Kiriath Jearim);
10 and
the border turned
about from Baalah
westward to Mount
Seir, and passed
along to the
side of Mount
Jearim (also called
Chesalon) on the
north, and went
down to Beth Shemesh,
and passed along
by Timnah;
11 and
the border went
out to the
side of Ekron
northward; and the
border extended to
Shikkeron, and
passed along to
Mount Baalah, and
went out at
Jabneel; and
the goings out of
the border were
at the sea.
12 The
west border was
to the shore of
the great sea.
This is the
border of the
children of
Judah according to
their families.
13 He
gave to Caleb
the son of
Jephunneh a
portion among the
children of Judah,
according to the
commandment of the
LORD to Joshua,
even Kiriath Arba, named after
the father of
Anak (also called
Hebron).
14 Caleb
drove out the
three sons of
Anak: Sheshai,
and Ahiman, and
Talmai, the
children of Anak.
15 He
went up against
the inhabitants of
Debir: now the
name of Debir
before was Kiriath Sepher.
16 Caleb said,
“He who
strikes Kiriath Sepher, and
takes it, to
him I will
give Achsah my
daughter as wife.”
17 Othniel
the son of
Kenaz, the brother
of Caleb, took
it: and he
gave him Achsah
his daughter
as wife.
18 When
she came, she
had him ask
her father for a
field. She got off
her donkey, and
Caleb said, “What
do you want?”
19 She said,
“Give me a
blessing. Because
you have set
me in the land
of the South,
give me also
springs of water.”
So he gave
her the upper
springs and the
lower springs.
20 This
is the inheritance
of the tribe
of the children
of Judah according
to their families.
21 The farthest
cities of the
tribe of the
children of Judah
toward the border
of Edom in the
South were Kabzeel,
Eder, Jagur,
22 Kinah,
Dimonah, Adadah,
23 Kedesh,
Hazor, Ithnan,
24 Ziph,
Telem, Bealoth,
25 Hazor
Hadattah, Kerioth
Hezron (also called
Hazor),
26 Amam, Shema,
Moladah,
27 Hazar Gaddah,
Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba,
Biziothiah,
29 Baalah,
Iim, Ezem,
30 Eltolad,
Chesil, Hormah,
31 Ziklag,
Madmannah, Sansannah,
32 Lebaoth,
Shilhim, Ain, and
Rimmon. All the
cities are
twenty-nine, with
their villages.
33 In
the lowland, Eshtaol,
Zorah, Ashnah,
34 Zanoah, En
Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
35 Jarmuth,
Adullam, Socoh,
Azekah,
36 Shaaraim,
Adithaim and
Gederah (or
Gederothaim); fourteen
cities with their
villages.
37 Zenan,
Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
38 Dilean,
Mizpah, Joktheel,
39 Lachish,
Bozkath, Eglon,
40 Cabbon,
Lahmam, Chitlish,
41 Gederoth,
Beth Dagon, Naamah, and
Makkedah; sixteen
cities with their
villages.
42 Libnah,
Ether, Ashan,
43 Iphtah,
Ashnah, Nezib,
44 Keilah,
Achzib, and Mareshah;
nine cities
with their villages.
45 Ekron,
with its towns
and its villages;
46 from
Ekron even to
the sea, all
that were by
the side of Ashdod,
with their
villages.
47 Ashdod, its
towns and its
villages; Gaza,
its towns and
its villages; to
the brook of
Egypt, and
the great sea with
its coastline.
48 In
the hill country,
Shamir, Jattir,
Socoh,
49 Dannah,
Kiriath Sannah (which is
Debir),
50 Anab,
Eshtemoh, Anim,
51 Goshen,
Holon, and Giloh;
eleven cities
with their villages.
52 Arab, Dumah,
Eshan,
53 Janim, Beth
Tappuah, Aphekah,
54 Humtah,
Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron),
and Zior; nine
cities with their
villages.
55 Maon,
Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
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 Kiriath Baal
(also called Kiriath Jearim),
and Rabbah; two
cities with their
villages.
61 In the
wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin,
Secacah,
62 Nibshan,
the City of
Salt, and En Gedi;
six cities
with their villages.
63 As
for the Jebusites,
the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, the
children of
Judah couldn’t drive
them out; but
the Jebusites live
with the children
of Judah at
Jerusalem to this
day.