Joshua 15

₁The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans 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 Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, 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 Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of En-shemesh and ends at En-rogel. ₈Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite (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 Rephaim. ₉Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). ₁₀And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh and passes along by Timnah. ₁₁The boundary goes out to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount Baalah 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 coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.

₁₃According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). ₁₄And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. ₁₅And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher. ₁₆And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.” ₁₇And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured 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 got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” ₁₉She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

₂₀This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans. 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, Dimonah, Adadah, ₂₃Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, ₂₄Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, ₂₅Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), ₂₆Amam, Shema, Moladah, ₂₇Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, ₂₈Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, ₂₉Baalah, Iim, Ezem, ₃₀Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, ₃₁Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, ₃₂Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.

₃₃And in the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, ₃₄Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, ₃₅Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, ₃₆Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.

₃₇Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, ₃₈Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel, ₃₉Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, ₄₀Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, ₄₁Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.

₄₂Libnah, Ether, Ashan, ₄₃Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, ₄₄Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: 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 coastline.

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

₅₂Arab, Dumah, Eshan, ₅₃Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, ₅₄Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

₅₅Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, ₅₆Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, ₅₇Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.

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

₆₀Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

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

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