Joshua 15

Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their clans was to the border of Edom, from the wilderness of Zin southward from the end of the south.

And the border of the south for them was from the end of the Sea of Salt, from the tongue turning southward. \*

And it went out to the south to the Ascent of Akrabbim, then it passed over to Zin, then it went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, then it passed over to Hezron, then it went up to Addar, then it curved around to Karka.

And it passed over to Azmon, then it went out {to} the wadi of Egypt, and the goings out of the border {were} seaward. This will be for you the border of the south. \*

And the border eastward {was} the Sea of Salt unto the end of the Jordan. And the border to the side of northward {was} from the tongue of the sea at the end of the Jordan.

And the border went up to Beth Hoglah and passed over from the north to Beth Arabah. Then the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben. \*

Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor and, turning northward, to Gilgal, which {is} in front of the ascent of Adummim, which {is} from the south of the wadi. Then the border passed over to the waters of En Shemesh, and its goings out were at En Rogel.

And the border went up the valley of Ben Hinnom to the shoulder of the Jebusite from the south (it is Jerusalem). And the border went up to the head of the hill that {is} on the face of the valley of Hinnom, seaward, which {is} at the end of the valley of the Raphaites northward. \*

And the border turned from the head of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and it went out to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the border turned to Baalah (it is Kiriath Jearim).

And the border curved around from Baalah seaward to Mount Seir and passed over to the shoulder of Mount Jearim from the north (it is Chesalon). Then it went down to Beth Shemesh and passed over to Timnah. \*

And the border went out to the shoulder of Ekron northward. Then the border extended to Shikkeron and passed over {to} Mount Baalah and went out {to} Jabneel. And the goings out of the border were seaward.

And the border of the west {was} the Great Sea and the border. This {is} the border of the sons of Judah all around, according to their clans. \*

And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth of God to Joshua: Kiriath Arba (the father of the Anak, it {is} Hebron).

And Caleb dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.

And he went up from there against the dwellers of Debir. (Now the name of Debir {was} formerly Kiriath Sepher.) \*

And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Aksah to him for a wife.”

And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. So he gave his daughter Achsah to him for a wife. \*

Now it happened, in the coming of her, that she persuaded him to request the field from her father. And she descended from upon the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What for you?”

And she said, “Give to me a blessing. Since you have given me land of the Negev, you shall also give to me springs of waters.” So he gave to her the upper springs and the lower springs. \*

This {is} the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their clans:

Now the cities at the end of the tribe of the sons of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the Negev, were: Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur

and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah

and Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan,

Ziph and Telem and Bealoth \*

and Hazor Hadattah and Kerioth Hezron (it is Hazor),

Amam and Shema and Moladah

and Hazar Gaddah and Heshmon and Beth Pelet

and Hazar Shual and Beersheba and Biziothiah, \*

Baalah and Iyim and Ezem

and Eltolad and Kesil and Hormah

and Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah

and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon. All of the cities {were} 29 and their villages. \*

In the lowlands: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah

and Zanoah and En Gannim, Tappuah and Enam,

Jarmuth and Adullam, Sokoh and Azekah

and Shaaraim and Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim: 14 cities and their villages; \*

Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal Gad

and Dilean and Mizpah and Joktheel,

Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon \*

and Kabbon and Lahmas and Kitlish

and Gederoth, Beth Dagon and Naamah and Makkedah: 16 cities and their villages; \*

Libnah and Ether and Ashan

and Iphtah and Ashnah and Nezib

and Keilah and Akzib and Maresha: nine cities and their villages; \*

Ekron and its daughters and its villages;

from Ekron and to the sea, all that {were} on the hand of Ashdod and their villages;

Ashdod, its daughters, and its villages; Gaza, its daughters, and its villages, unto the wadi of Egypt and the Great Sea and the border. \*

And in the hill country: Shamir and Jattir and Sokoh

and Dannah and Kiriath Sannah (it is Debir)

and Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim

and Goshen and Holon and Giloh: 11 cities and their villages; \*

Arab and Dumah and Eshan

and Janim and Beth Tappuah and Aphekah

and Humtah and Kiriath Arba (it is Hebron) and Zior: nine cities and their villages; \*

Maon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah

and Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah,

Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities and their villages; \*

Halhul, Beth Zur and Gedor

and Maarath and Beth Anoth and Eltekon: six cities and their villages;

Kiriath Baal (it is Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah: two cities and their villages. \*

In the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin and Secacah

and Nibshan and the City of Salt and En Gedi; six cities and their villages. \*

But the Jebusite, the dwellers of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah were not able to dispossess them, so the Jebusite has dwelled with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem to this day. \*