Joshua 15
The tribe of Judah's territory was defined, stretching from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the border of Edom to the north. The border passed through various cities and landmarks, including Kadesh-barnea, Hezron, and Jerusalem. Caleb, a leader of the tribe, was given a portion of the land, including the city of Hebron, and he defeated the three sons of Anak who lived there. Caleb also gave his daughter Achsah to Othniel, who had captured the city of Debir, and she asked her father for a watered land to complement her dry inheritance. The chapter lists the cities and villages within Judah's territory, but notes that the Jebusites were not driven out of Jerusalem and continued to live there alongside the Judahites.
And so, the lot of the sons of Judah, by their families, was this: from the border of Edom, to the desert of Sin toward the south, and even to the furthest part of the southern regionIts beginning was from the summit of the very salty sea, and from its bay, which looks toward the southAnd it extends toward the ascent of the Scorpion, and it passes on to Sinai. And it ascends into Kadesh-barnea, and it passes through to Hezron, ascending to Addar, and encompassing KarkaAnd from there, it passes on to Azmon, and reaches to the torrent of Egypt. And its boundary shall be the great sea; this shall be the limit of the southern regionYet truly, toward the east, the beginning shall be the very salty sea, even to the limit of the Jordan, and that which looks toward the north, from the bay of the sea, even to the same river JordanAnd the border ascends into Beth-hoglah, and it crosses from the north into Beth-Arabah, ascending to the stone of Bohan, the son of ReubenAnd it reaches as far as the borders of Debara, from the Valley of Achor, to the north, looking toward Gilgal, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, on the southern part of the torrent. And it crosses the waters that are called the Fountain of the Sun. And its exit shall be at the Fountain of RogelAnd it ascends by the steep valley of the son of Hinnom, from the side of the Jebusite, toward the south; this is Jerusalem. And from there, it raises itself to the top of the mountain, which is opposite Geennom to the west, at the top of the Valley of the Rephaim, to the northAnd it passes through, from the top of the mountain, even to the fountain of the Water of Nephtoah. And it continues on, as far as the villages of mount Ephron. And it inclines toward Baalah, which is Kiriath-jearim, that is, the City of ForestsAnd it circles from Baalah, to the west, as far as mount Seir. And it passes by the side of mount Jearim, to the north, into Chesalon. And it descends into Beth-shemesh, and it passes through to TimnahAnd it continues on, toward the north, to a region beside Ekron. And it inclines toward Shikkeron, and it crosses to mount Baalah. And it extends into Jabneel, and the last part closes at the west with the great seaThese are the borders of the sons of Judah, in their families, on all sidesYet truly, to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, just as the Lord had instructed him: the City of Arba, the father of Anak, which is HebronAnd Caleb destroyed from it the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, of the stock of AnakAnd ascending further from there, he came to the inhabitants of Debir, which before was called Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of LettersAnd Caleb said, "Whoever will have struck down Kiriath-Sepher, and will have seized it, I will give to him Achsah, my daughter, as wife.And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, seized it. And he gave him Achsah, his daughter, as wifeAnd as they were traveling together, she was urged by her husband that she ask her father for a field. And she sighed, as she was sitting on her donkey. And Caleb said to her, "What is it?But she answered: "Give a blessing to me. You have given to me a southern and dry land; join to it also a watered land." And so Caleb gave to her the watered land above and below itThis is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their familiesAnd the cities, from the furthest parts of the sons of Judah, beside the borders of Edom to the south, were: Kabzeel and Eder and Jagurand Kinah and Dimonah and Adadahand Kadesh and Hazor and IthnanZiph and Telem and Bealothnew Hazor and Kerioth-Hezron, which is HazorAmam, Shema, and Moladahand Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Bethpeletand Hazar-shual and Beersheba and Biziothiahand Baalah and Iim and Ezemand Eltolad and Chesil and Hormahand Ziklag and Madmannah and SansannahLebaoth and Shilhim, and Ain and Rimmon. All the cities were twenty-nine, and their villagesTruly, in the plains, there were: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnahand Zanoah and Engannim, and Tappuah and Enamand Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekahand Shaaraim and Adithaim, and Gederah and Gederothaim: fourteen cities, and their villagesZenan and Hadashah and MiddalgadDilean and Mizpeh and JoktheelLachish and Bozkath and EglonCabbon and Lahmam and Chitlishand Gederoth and Bethdagon, and Naamah and Makkedah: sixteen cities, and their villagesLibnah and Ether and AshanIphtah and Ashnah and Neziband Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah: nine cities, and their villagesEkron, with its towns and villagesfrom Ekron, as far as the sea, all that inclines toward Ashdod, and its villagesAshdod, with its towns and villages. Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the torrent of Egypt, with the great sea as its borderAnd on the mountain, Shamir and Jattir and Socohand Dannah, and Kiriath-Sannah, which is DebirAnab and Eshtemoh and AnimGoshen and Holon and Giloh: eleven cities, and their villagesArab and Dumah and Eshanand Janim and Beth-Tappuah and AphekahHumtah and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, and Zior: nine cities, and their villagesMaon and Carmel, and Ziph and JuttahJezreel and Jokdeam and ZanoahKain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities, and their villagesHalhul and Bethzur and GedorMaarath and Bethanoth and Eltekon: six cities, and their villagesKiriath-baal, which is Kiriath-jearim, the City of Forests, and Rabbah: two cities, and their villagesIn the desert: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacahand Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities, and their villagesBut the sons of Judah were not able to destroy the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And so the Jebusite lived with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem, even to the present day
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