Joshua 15:1–16:10

The Land of Judah

15 So this was the 1lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

aThe border of Edom at the bWilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. 2 And their csouthern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3 Then it went out to the southern side of dthe Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa. 4 From there it passed etoward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.

5 The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

And the fborder on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6 The border went up to gBeth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up hto the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 7 Then the border went up toward iDebir from jthe Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at kEn Rogel. 8 And the border went up lby the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the mJebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley nof 2Rephaim northward. 9 Then the border went around from the top of the hill to othe fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around pto Baalah (which is qKirjath Jearim). 10 Then the border 3turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to rTimnah. 11 And the border went out to the side of sEkron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.

12 The west border was tthe coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.

Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir

13 uNow to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of vJudah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, wKirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). 14 Caleb drove out xthe three sons of Anak from there: ySheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 Then zhe went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).

16 aAnd Caleb said, “He who 4attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17 So bOthniel the cson of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him dAchsah his daughter as wife. 18 eNow it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So fshe dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?” 19 She answered, “Give me a gblessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The Cities of Judah

20 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

21 The cities at the limits of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the South, were Kabzeel, hEder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 iZiph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor, Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (which is Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, 28 Hazar Shual, jBeersheba, Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, Ijim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, kHormah, 31 lZiklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and mRimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

33 In the lowland: nEshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 Jarmuth, oAdullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Sharaim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages; 37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpah, pJoktheel, 39 qLachish, Bozkath, rEglon, 40 Cabbon, 5Lahmas, Kithlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages; 42 sLibnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Jiphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages; 45 Ekron, with its towns and villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near tAshdod, with their villages; 47 Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages—as far as uthe Brook of Egypt and vthe Great Sea with its coastline.

48 And in the mountain country: Shamir, Jattir, Sochoh, 49 Dannah, Kirjath Sannah (which is Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 wGoshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages; 52 Arab, Dumah, Eshean, 53 Janum, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, xKirjath Arba (which is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages; 55 yMaon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 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 zKirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim) and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

61 In the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and aEn Gedi: six cities with their villages.

63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, bthe children of Judah could not drive them out; cbut the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

Ephraim and West Manasseh

16 The lot 1fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the awilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to 2Bethel, 2 then went out 3from bBethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 3 and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, cas far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to dGezer; and 4it ended at the sea.

4 eSo the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their 5inheritance.

The Land of Ephraim

5 fThe border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was gAtaroth Addar has far as Upper Beth Horon.

6 And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of iMichmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah. 7 Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and 6Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

8 The border went out from jTappuah westward to the kBrook Kanah, and 7it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families. 9 lThe separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

10 mAnd they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.