15Joshua 15

1And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south;Select Joshua 15:1

2and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;Select Joshua 15:2

3and it hath gone out unto the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over to Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned round to Karkaa,Select Joshua 15:3

4and passed over to Azmon, and gone out at the brook of Egypt, and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea; this is to you the south border.Select Joshua 15:4

5And the east border is the salt sea, unto the extremity of the Jordan, and the border at the north quarter is from the bay of the sea, at the extremity of the Jordan;Select Joshua 15:5

6and the border hath gone up to Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border hath gone up to the stone of Bohan son of Reuben:Select Joshua 15:6

7and the border hath gone up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking unto Gilgal, which is over-against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the brook, and the border hath passed over unto the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been unto En-Rogel;Select Joshua 15:7

8and the border hath gone up the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite on the south (it is Jerusalem), and the border hath gone up unto the top of the hill-country which is on the front of the valley of Hinnom westward, which is in the extremity of the valley of the Rephaim northward;Select Joshua 15:8

9and the border hath been marked out, from the top of the hill-country unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and hath gone out unto the cities of mount Ephron, and the border hath been marked out to Baalah, (it is Kirjath-Jearim);Select Joshua 15:9

10and the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it is Chesalon), on the north, and gone down to Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah;Select Joshua 15:10

11and the border hath gone out unto the side of Ekron northward, and the border hath been marked out to Shicron, and hath passed over to mount Baalah, and gone out to Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea.Select Joshua 15:11

12And the west border is to the great sea, and its border; this is the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families.Select Joshua 15:12

13And to Caleb son of Jephunneh hath he given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the command of Jehovah to Joshua, even the city of Arba, father of Anak--it is Hebron.Select Joshua 15:13

14And Caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak,Select Joshua 15:14

15and he goeth up thence unto the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir formerly is Kirjath-Sepher.Select Joshua 15:15

16And Caleb saith, `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sephar, and hath captured it--I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'Select Joshua 15:16

17And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife.Select Joshua 15:17

18And it cometh to pass, in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father a field, and she lighteth from off the ass, and Caleb saith to her, `What--to thee?'Select Joshua 15:18

19And she saith, `Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south thou hast given me, then thou hast given to me springs of waters;' and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.Select Joshua 15:19

20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families.Select Joshua 15:20

21And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah are unto the border of Edom in the south, Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,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, Hezron, (it 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 Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah,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 twenty and nine, and their villages.Select Joshua 15:32

33In the low country: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,Select Joshua 15:33

34and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,Select Joshua 15:34

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

36and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:36

37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,Select Joshua 15:37

38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,Select Joshua 15:38

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

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

41and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:41

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

43and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,Select Joshua 15:43

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

45Ekron and its towns and its villages,Select Joshua 15:45

46from Ekron and westward, all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their villages.Select Joshua 15:46

47Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and its border.Select Joshua 15:47

48And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,Select Joshua 15:48

49and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it is Debir)Select Joshua 15:49

50and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,Select Joshua 15:50

51and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:51

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

53and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,Select Joshua 15:53

54and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:54

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

56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,Select Joshua 15:56

57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:57

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

59and Maarath, and Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:59

60Kirjath-Baal (it is Kirjath-Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:60

61In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,Select Joshua 15:61

62and Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-Gedi; six cities and their villages.Select Joshua 15:62

63As to the Jebusites, inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah have not been able to dispossess them, and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this day.Select Joshua 15:63