Joshua 15

1 So then the boundary of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families, —reached unto the boundary of Edom, the desert of Zin southward, on the extreme south;

Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast.

2 so their south boundary beginneth at the end of the Salt Sea, —from the bay that turneth to the south;

Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

3 and goeth forth on the south of the cliffs of Akrabbim, and crosseth over to Zin, and goeth up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, —and passeth over by Hezron, and goeth up to Addar, and turneth round to Karka;

And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.

4 and passeth over to Azmon, and goeth forth at the ravine of Egypt, and so the extensions of the boundary are to the sea. This, shall be your south boundary.

And from thence passing along into Asemona, and reaching the torrent of Egypt: and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea, this shall be the limit of the south coast.

5 And, a boundary eastward, is the Salt Sea, as far as the end of the Jordan. And, the boundary on the north side, is from the bay of the sea, from the end of the Jordan.

But on the east side the beginning shall be the most salt sea even to the end of the Jordan: and towards the north, from the bay of the sea unto the same river Jordan.

6 And the boundary goeth up Beth-hoglah, and passeth over, on the north, by Beth-arabah, —and the boundary goeth up by the Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben;

And the border goeth up into Beth-Hagla, and passeth by the north into Beth-Araba: going up to the stone of Boen the son of Ruben.

7 and the boundary goeth up towards Debir, out of the vale of Achor, then northward, turning unto Gilgal, which is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the ravine, —then the boundary passeth over unto the waters of En-shemesh, and so the extensions thereof are unto En-rogel:

And reaching as far as the borders of Debara from the valley of Achor, and so northward looking towards Galgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adommin, on the south side of the torrent: and the border passeth the waters that are called the fountain of the sun: and the goings out thereof shall be at the fountain Rogel.

8 then ascendeth the boundary by the valley of the son of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite, on the south, the same, is Jerusalem, —and the boundary goeth up unto the top of the mountain which faceth the valley of Hinnom, to the west, which is at the end of the Vale of Giants, northwards;

And it goeth up by the valley of the son of Ennom on the side of the Jebusite towards the south, the same is Jerusalem: and thence ascending to the top of the mountain, which is over against Geennom to the west in the end of the valley of Raphaim, northward.

9 and the boundary turneth round, from the top of the mountain, unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and goeth out unto the cities of Mount Ephron, —then the boundary turneth round to Baalah, the same, is Kiriath-jearim;

And it passeth on from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the water of Nephtoa: and reacheth to the towns of mount Ephron: and it bendeth towards Baala, which is Cariathiarim, that is to say, the city of the woods.

10 then the boundary goeth round from Baalah westward, unto Mount Seir, and passeth over unto the slope of Mount Yearim, on the north, the same, is Chesalon, —and descendeth Bethshemesh, and passeth over Timnah;

And it compasseth from Baala westward unto mount Seir: and passeth by the side of mount Jarim to the north into Cheslon: and goeth down into Bethsames, and passeth into Thamna.

11 then the boundary goeth forth unto the side of Ekron, northward, then the boundary turneth round towards Shikkeron, and crosseth over Mount Baalah, and goeth out at Jabneel, —and the extensions of the boundary are to the sea.

And it reacheth northward to a part of Accaron at the side: and bendeth to Sechrona, and passeth mount Baala: and cometh into Jebneel, and is bounded westward with the great sea.

12 And, as a west boundary, are the great sea and coast. This, is the boundary of the sons of Judah, round about, by their families.

These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in their kindreds.

13 And, to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, gave he a portion, in the midst of the sons of Judah, at the bidding of Yahweh, by Joshua, —even the City of Arba, father of Anak, the same, is Hebron.

But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac. which is Hebron.

14 And Caleb dispossessed from thence, the three sons of Anak, —Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Ehac, Sesai and Ahiman. and Tholmai of the race of Enac.

15 And he went up from thence, against the inhabitants of Debir, —now, the name of Debir, formerly, was Kiriath-sepher.

And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters.

16 Then said Caleb, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and captureth it, I will give unto him Achsah, my daughter, to wife.

And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

17 And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it, —so he gave unto him Achsah, his daughter, to wife.

And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.

18 And it came to pass, when she came, that she moved him to ask of her father a field, and, when she alighted from off the ass, Caleb said unto her—What aileth thee?

And as they were going together, she was moved by her husband to ask a field of her father, and she sighed as she sat on her ass. And Caleb said to her: What aileth thee?

19 And she said—Give me a present, for, dry land, hast thou given me, therefore must thou give me, pools of water. So he gave her upper pools and lower pools.

But she answered: Give me a blessing: thou hast given me a southern and dry land, give me also a land that is watered. And Caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground.

20 This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families.

This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Juda by their kindreds.

21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah, towards the boundary of Edom in the south, were, —Kabzeel and Eder, and Jagur,

And the cities from the uttermost parts of the children of Juda by the borders of Edom to the south, were Cabseel and Eder and Jagur,

22 and Kinah and Dimonah, and Adadah, —

And Cina and Dimona and Adada,

23 and Kedesh and Hazor, and Ithnan,

And Cades and Asor and Jethnam,

24 Ziph and Talem, and Bealoth,

Ziph and Telem and Baloth,

25 and Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron, the same, is Hazor;

New Asor and Carioth, Hesron, which is Asor.

26 Amam and Shema, and Moladah,

Amam, Sama and Molada,

27 and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet.

And Asergadda and Hassemon and Bethphelet,

28 and Hazarshual and Beer-sheba, with the hamlets thereof,

And Hasersual and Bersabee and Baziothia,

29 Baalah and Iyyim, and Ezem,

And Baala and Jim and Esem,

30 and Eltolad and Chesil, and Hormah,

And Eltholad and Cesil and Harma,

31 and Ziklag and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

And Siceleg and Medemena and Sensenna,

32 and Lebaoth and Shilhim, and En-rimmon, —all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

Lebaoth and Selim and Aen and Remmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their villages.

33 In the lowland, —Eshtaol and Zorah, and Ashnah,

But in the plains: Estaol and Sarea and Asena,

34 and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;

And Zanoe and Engannim and Taphua and Enaim,

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;

And Jerimoth and Adullam, Socho and Azeca,

36 and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim, —fourteen cities, with their villages.

And Saraim and Adithaim and Gedera and Gederothaim: fourteen cities, and their villages.

37 Zenan and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

Sanan and Hadassa and Magdalgad,

38 and Dilan and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

Delean and Masepha and Jecthel,

39 Lachish and Bozkath, and Eglon,

Lachis and Bascath and Eglon,

40 and Cabbon and Lahmas, and Chithlish,

Chebbon and Leheman and Cethlis,

41 and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah, and Makkedah, —sixteen cities, with their villages.

And Gideroth and Bethdagon and Naama and Maceda: sixteen cities, and their villages.

42 Libnah and Ether, and Ashan,

Labana and Ether and Asan,

43 and Iphtah and Ashnah, and Nezib,

Jephtha and Esna and Nesib,

44 and Keilah and Achzib, and Mareshah, —nine cities, with their villages.

And Ceila and Achzib and Maresa: nine cities, and their villages.

45 Ekron with her towns, and her villages.

Accaron with the towns and villages thereof.

46 From Ekron, even unto the sea, —all that were by the side of Ashdod with their villages.

From Accaron even to the sea: all places that lie towards Azotus and the villages thereof.

47 Ashdod, her towns and her villages. Gaza, her towns and her villages, as far as the ravine of Egypt, —and the great sea and coast.

Azotus with its towns and villages. Gaza with its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea that is the border thereof.

48 And in the hill-country, —Shamir and Jattir, and Socoh,

And in the mountain Samir and Jether and Socoth,

49 and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah, the same, is Debir,

And Danna and Cariath-senna, this is Dabir:

50 and Anab and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

Anab and Istemo and Anim,

51 and Goshen and Holon, and Giloh, —eleven cities, with their villages.

Gosen and Olon and Gilo: eleven cities and their villages.

52 Arab and Rumah and Eshan,

Arab and Ruma and Esaan,

53 and Janim and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah,

And Janum and Beththaphua and Apheca,

54 and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron, and Zior, —nine cities, with their villages.

Athmatha and Cariath-Arbe, this is Hebron and Sior: nine cities and their villages.

55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Jutah,

Maon and Carmel and Ziph and Jota,

56 and Jezreel and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

Jezrael and Jucadam and Zanoe,

57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah, —ten cities, with their villages.

Accain, Gabaa and Thamna: ten cities and their villages.

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

Halhul, and Bessur, and Gedor,

59 and Maarath and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon, —six cities, with their villages.

Mareth, and Bethanoth, and Eltecon: six cities and their villages.

60 Kiriath-baal, the same, is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah, —two cities, with their villages.

Cariathbaal, the same is Cariathiarim, the city of woods, and Arebba: two cities and their villages.

61 In the desert, —Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

In the desert Betharaba, Meddin and Sachacha,

62 and Nibshan and the City of Salt, and En-gedi, —six cities, with their villages.

And Nebsan, and the city of salt, and Engaddi: six cities and their villages.

63 But, as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not dispossess them, —so the Jebusites have dwelt with the sons of Judah, in Jerusalem, until this day.

But the children of Juda could not destroy the Jebusite that dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Juda in Jerusalem until this present day.