[[Joshua 14|<< Joshua 14]] | [[Joshua|Joshua]] | [[Joshua 16|Joshua 16 >>]] ### Joshua 15 1 _THIS_ then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; _even_ to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward _was_ the uttermost part of the south coast. ^1 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looks southward: ^2 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: ^3 4 _From_ _thence_ it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. ^4 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: ^5 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: ^6 7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that _is_ before the going up to Adummim, which _is_ on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: ^7 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same _is_ Jerusalem: and 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 of the giants northward: ^8 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which _is_ Kirjath-jearim: ^9 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-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: ^10 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. ^11 12 And the west border _was_ to the great sea, and the coast _thereof_. This _is_ the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. ^12 13 ¶ And unto Caleb 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 Arba the father of Anak, which _city_ _is_ Hebron. ^13 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ^14 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before _was_ Kirjath-sepher. ^15 16 ¶ And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. ^16 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. ^17 18 And it came to pass, as she came _unto_ _him_, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off _her_ ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? ^18 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; 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. ^19 20 This _is_ the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. ^20 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, ^21 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, ^22 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, ^23 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, ^24 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, _and_ Hezron, which _is_ Hazor, ^25 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, ^26 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, ^27 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, ^28 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, ^29 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, ^30 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, ^31 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities _are_ twenty-nine, with their villages: ^32 33 _And_ in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, ^33 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, ^34 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, ^35 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: ^36 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, ^37 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, ^38 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, ^39 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, ^40 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: ^41 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, ^42 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, ^43 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: ^44 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: ^45 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that _lay_ near Ashdod, with their villages: ^46 47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border _thereof:_ ^47 48 ¶ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, ^48 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which _is_ Debir, ^49 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, ^50 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: ^51 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, ^52 53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, ^53 54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which _is_ Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: ^54 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, ^55 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, ^56 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: ^57 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, ^58 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: ^59 60 Kirjath-baal, which _is_ Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: ^60 61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, ^61 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. ^62 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. ^63