(KJV) Joshua 15¹

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⥃Judah’s Inheritance

[1] [This] then was the lot² of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; [even] to the³ border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the south coast.⁴ [2] And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea⁵, from the bay⁶ that looketh southward: [3] And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim⁷, and passed along to Zin⁸, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar⁹, and fetched a compass to Karkaa¹⁰: [4] [From thence] it passed toward Azmon¹¹, and went out unto the river¹² of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. [5] And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:¹³ [6] And the border went up to Beth–hogla¹⁴, and passed along by the north of Beth–arabah; and the border went up to the stone¹⁵ of Bohan the son of Reuben: [7] And the border went up toward Debir¹⁶ from the valley¹⁷ of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal¹⁸, that [is] before the going up to Adummim¹⁹, which [is] on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En–shemesh²⁰, and the goings out thereof were at En–rogel²¹: [8] And the border went up by the valley of the son²² of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite²³; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the valley of the giants²⁴ northward: [9] And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah²⁵, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah²⁶, which [is] Kirjath–jearim²⁷: [10] And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh²⁸, and passed on to Timnah²⁹: [11] And the border went out unto the side of Ekron³⁰ northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah³¹, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. [12] And the west border [was] to the great sea³², and the coast [thereof]. This [is] the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

⥃Caleb’s Portion and Conquest ^{[ Judges 1:8–26 ]}

[13] And unto Caleb³³ the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba³⁴ the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron. [14] And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.³⁵ [15] And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjath–sepher.³⁶

[16] [¶]And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.³⁷ [17] And Othniel³⁸ the son of Kenaz³⁹, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah⁴⁰ his daughter to wife. [18] And it came to pass, as she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted⁴¹ off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? [19] Who answered, Give me⁴² a blessing⁴³; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

⥃The Cities of Judah

[20] This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.⁴⁴ [21] And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel⁴⁵, and Eder⁴⁶, and Jagur, [22] And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, [23] And Kedesh⁴⁷, and Hazor⁴⁸, and Ithnan, [24] Ziph⁴⁹, and Telem⁵⁰, and Bealoth, [25] And Hazor⁵¹, Hadattah, and Kerioth⁵², [and] Hezron, which [is] Hazor, [26] Amam, and Shema, and Moladah⁵³, [27] And Hazar–gaddah⁵⁴, and Heshmon, and Beth–palet⁵⁵, [28] And Hazar–shual⁵⁶, and Beer–sheba⁵⁷, and Bizjothjah⁵⁸, [29] Baalah⁵⁹, and Iim, and Azem⁶⁰, [30] And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah⁶¹, [31] And Ziklag⁶², and Madmannah, and Sansannah, [32] And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain⁶³, and Rimmon⁶⁴: all the cities [are] twenty and nine, with their villages: [33] [And] in the valley, Eshtaol⁶⁵, and Zoreah⁶⁶, and Ashnah, [34] And Zanoah, and En–gannim, Tappuah⁶⁷, and Enam, [35] Jarmuth⁶⁸, and Adullam⁶⁹, Socoh⁷⁰, and Azekah⁷¹, [36] And Sharaim⁷², and Adithaim⁷³, and Gederah, and Gederothaim⁷⁴; fourteen cities with their villages: [37] Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal–gad, [38] And Dilean, and Mizpeh⁷⁵, and Joktheel⁷⁶, [39] Lachish⁷⁷, and Bozkath⁷⁸, and Eglon⁷⁹, [40] And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, [41] And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah⁸⁰; sixteen cities with their villages: [42] Libnah⁸¹, and Ether⁸², and Ashan, [43] And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, [44] And Keilah⁸³, and Achzib⁸⁴, and Mareshah⁸⁵; nine cities with their villages: [45] Ekron⁸⁶, with her towns and her villages: [46] From Ekron even unto the sea, all that [lay] near⁸⁷ Ashdod, with their villages: [47] Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza⁸⁸ with her towns and her villages, unto the river⁸⁹ of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof]:

[48] [¶]And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir⁹⁰, and Socoh, [49] And Dannah, and Kirjath–sannah⁹¹, which [is] Debir, [50] And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, [51] And Goshen⁹², and Holon, and Giloh⁹³; eleven cities with their villages: [52] Arab, and Dumah⁹⁴, and Eshean, [53] And Janum⁹⁵, and Beth–tappuah, and Aphekah, [54] And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba⁹⁶, which [is] Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: [55] Maon⁹⁷, Carmel⁹⁸, and Ziph⁹⁹, and Juttah, [56] And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, [57] Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah¹⁰⁰; ten cities with their villages: [58] Halhul, Beth–zur, and Gedor¹⁰¹, [59] And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: [60] Kirjath–baal¹⁰², which [is] Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: [61] In the wilderness, Beth–arabah¹⁰³, Middin, and Secacah, [62] And Nibshan, and the city of¹⁰⁴ Salt, and En–gedi¹⁰⁵; six cities with their villages.

[63] [¶]As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. ¹⁰⁶

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