15Joshua 15

CHAP. XV. / 1 The borders of the lot of Iudah. 13 Calebs portion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his valour, hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife. 18 Shee obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The Cities

1This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Iudah by their families, euen to the border of Edom; the wildernesse of Zin Southward, was the vttermost part of the South coast:Select Joshua 15:1

2And their South border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh Southward.Select Joshua 15:2

3And it went out to the Southside to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended vp on the Southside vnto Kadesh-Barnea: and passed along to Hezron, and went vp to Adar, and fetched a compasse to Karkaa.Select Joshua 15:3

4From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shalbe your South coast.Select Joshua 15:4

5And the East border was the salt Sea, euen vnto the end of Iordan: and their border in the North quarter, was from the bay of the sea, at the vttermost part of Iordan.Select Joshua 15:5

6And the border went vp to Bethhogla, and passed along by the North of Beth-arabah, and the border went vp to the stone of Bohan the sonne of Reuben.Select Joshua 15:6

7And the border went vp toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so Northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going vp to Adummim, which is on the Southside of the riuer: and the border passed towards the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-Rogel.Select Joshua 15:7

8And the border went vp by the valley of the sonne of Hinnom, vnto the South side of the Iebusite, the same is Ierusalem: and the border went vp to the top of the mountaine, that lieth before the valley of Hinnom, Westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants, Northward.Select Joshua 15:8

9And the border was drawen from the top of the hill vnto the fountaine of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron, and the border was drawen to Baalah, which is Kiriath-iearim.Select Joshua 15:9

10And the border compassed from Baalah Westward vnto mount Seir, and passed along vnto the side of mount Iearim, (which is Chesalon) on the North side, and went downe to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah.Select Joshua 15:10

11And the border went out vnto the side of Ekron Northward: and the border was drawen to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out vnto Iabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.Select Joshua 15:11

12And the West border was to the great sea, and the coast therof: this is the coast of the children of Iudah round about, according to their families.Select Joshua 15:12

13And vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, he gaue a part among the children of Iudah, according to the cōmandement of the Lord to Ioshua, euen the citie of Arba the father of Anak, which citie is Hebron.Select Joshua 15:13

14And Caleb droue thence the three sonnes of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.Select Joshua 15:14

15And he went vp thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kiriath-Sepher.Select Joshua 15:15

16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-Sepher, and taketh it, to him will I giue Achsah my daughter to wife.Select Joshua 15:16

17And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, tooke it: and hee gaue him Achsah his daughter to wife.Select Joshua 15:17

18And it came to passe as shee came vnto him, that she moued him to aske of her father a field, and she lighted off her asse; and Caleb said vnto her, What wouldest thou?Select Joshua 15:18

19Who answered, Giue mee a blessing; for thou hast giuen mee a Southland, giue me also springs of water; and he gaue her the vpper springs, and the nether springs.Select Joshua 15:19

20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Iudah according to their families.Select Joshua 15:20

21And the vttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Iudah toward the coast of Edom Southward, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Iagur,Select Joshua 15:21

22And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,Select Joshua 15:22

23And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,Select Joshua 15:23

24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,Select Joshua 15:24

25And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth: and Hezron, which is Hazor,Select Joshua 15:25

26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,Select Joshua 15:26

27And Hazar-Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,Select Joshua 15:27

28And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,Select Joshua 15:28

29Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,Select Joshua 15:29

30And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,Select Joshua 15:30

31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,Select Joshua 15:31

32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twentie and nine, with their villages.Select Joshua 15:32

33And in the valley, Esthaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,Select Joshua 15:33

34And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,Select Joshua 15:34

35Iarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,Select Joshua 15:35

36And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteene cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:36

37Zenam, and Hadashah, & Migdalgad,Select Joshua 15:37

38And Dileam, and Mizpeh, and Ioktheel,Select Joshua 15:38

39Lachish, and Bozkath, & Eglon,Select Joshua 15:39

40And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,Select Joshua 15:40

41And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteene cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:41

42Lebnah, and Ether, and Ashan,Select Joshua 15:42

43And Iiphta, and Ashnah, and Nezib,Select Joshua 15:43

44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:44

45Ekron with her townes, and her villages.Select Joshua 15:45

46From Ekron euen vnto the sea, all that lay neere Ashdod, with their villages.Select Joshua 15:46

47Ashdod with her townes and her villages, Gaza with her townes and her villages, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the great sea and the border thereof.Select Joshua 15:47

48And in the mountaines, Shamir, and Iattir, and Socoh,Select Joshua 15:48

49And Dannah, & Kiriath-Sannath, which is Debir,Select Joshua 15:49

50And Anab, and Ashtemoh, and Anim,Select Joshua 15:50

51And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleuen cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:51

52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,Select Joshua 15:52

53And Ianum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,Select Joshua 15:53

54And Humtah, and Kiriatharba (which is Hebron) and Zior, nine cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:54

55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Iuttah,Select Joshua 15:55

56Ind Iezreel, and Iokdeam, and Zanoah,Select Joshua 15:56

57Cain, Gibbeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:57

58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,Select Joshua 15:58

59And Maarah, and Bethanoth, & Eltekon: six cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:59

60Kiriath-baal, which is Kiriathiearim, and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:60

61In the wildernesse, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,Select Joshua 15:61

62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi: sixe cities with their villages.Select Joshua 15:62

63As for the Iebusites the inhabitants of Ierusalem, the children of Iudah could not driue them out: but the Iebusites dwell with the children of Iudah at Ierusalem vnto this day.Select Joshua 15:63