Joshua 15
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Joshua 15:14-63

141CalebH3612 2droveH3423 out from thereH8033 the threeH7969 3sonsH1121 of AnakH6061: SheshaiH8344 and AhimanH289 and TalmaiH8526, the childrenH3211 of AnakH6061. 15Then 4he wentH5927 up from thereH8033 againstH413 the inhabitantsH3427 of DebirH1688; now the nameH8034 of DebirH1688 formerlyH6440 was Kiriath-sepherH7158. 16And CalebH3612 saidH559, “The one whoH834 5attacksH5221 Kiriath-sepherH7158 and capturesH3920 it, 6I will giveH5414 him AchsahH5915 my daughterH1323 as a wifeH802.” 177OthnielH6274 the sonH1121 of KenazH7073, the brotherH251 of CalebH3612, capturedH3920 it; so he gaveH5414 him AchsahH5915 his daughterH1323 as a wifeH802. 188It cameH1961 about that when she cameH935 to him, she persuadedH5496 him to askH7592 her fatherH1 for a fieldH7704. So she alightedH6795 from the donkeyH2543, and CalebH3612 saidH559 to her, “WhatH4100 do you want?” 19Then she saidH559, “GiveH5414 me a blessingH1293; sinceH3588 you have givenH5414 me the landH776 of the 9NegevH5045, giveH5414 me also springsH1543 of waterH4325.” So he gaveH5414 her the upperH5942 springsH1543 and the lowerH8482 springsH1543.

20ThisH2088 is the inheritanceH5159 of the tribeH4294 of the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063 according to their familiesH4940.

21Now the citiesH5892 at the extremityH7097 of the tribeH4294 of the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063 towardH413 the borderH1366 of EdomH112 in the southH5045 were KabzeelH6909 and 10EderH5740 and JagurH3017, 22and KinahH7016 and DimonahH1776 and AdadahH5735, 23and KedeshH6943 and HazorH2674 and IthnanH3497, 24ZiphH2128 and TelemH2928 and BealothH1175, 25and Hazor-hadattahH2675 and Kerioth-hezronH7152H2696 (that is, HazorH2674), 26AmamH538 and ShemaH8090 and MoladahH4137, 27and Hazar-gaddahH2693 and HeshmonH2829 and Beth-peletH1046, 28and Hazar-shualH2705 and 11BeershebaH884 and BiziothiahH964, 29BaalahH1173 and IimH5864 and EzemH6107, 30and EltoladH513 and ChesilH3686 and HormahH2767, 31and 12ZiklagH6860 and MadmannahH4089 and SansannahH5578, 32and LebaothH3822 and ShilhimH7978 and AinH5871 and RimmonH7417; in allH3605, twenty-nineH6242H8672 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

33In the lowlandH8219: 13EshtaolH847 and ZorahH6881 and AshnahH823, 34and ZanoahH2182 and En-gannimH5873, TappuahH8599 and EnamH5879, 35JarmuthH3412 and 14AdullamH5725, SocohH7755 and AzekahH5825, 36and ShaaraimH8189 and AdithaimH5723 and GederahH1449 and GederothaimH1453; fourteenH702H6240 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

37ZenanH6799 and HadashahH2322 and Migdal-gadH4028, 38and DileanH1810 and MizpehH4708 and JoktheelH3371, 3915LachishH3923 and BozkathH1218 and EglonH5700, 40and CabbonH3522 and LahmasH3903 and ChitlishH3798, 41and GederothH1450, Beth-dagonH1016 and NaamahH5279 and MakkedahH4719; sixteenH8337H6240 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

42LibnahH3841 and EtherH6281 and AshanH6228, 43and IphtahH3316 and AshnahH823 and NezibH5334, 44and KeilahH7084 and AchzibH392 and MareshahH4762; nineH8672 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

45EkronH6138, with its townsH1323 and its villagesH2691; 46from EkronH6138 even to the seaH3220, allH3605 that were by the 16sideH3027 of AshdodH795, with their villagesH2691.

47AshdodH795, its townsH1323 and its villagesH2691; GazaH5804, its townsH1323 and its villagesH2691; as farH5704 as 17the 18brookH5158 of EgyptH4714 and the GreatH1419 SeaH3220, even its 19coastlineH1366.

48In the hillH2022 countryH2022: ShamirH8069 and JattirH3492 and SocohH7755, 49and DannahH1837 and Kiriath-sannahH7158 (that is, DebirH1688), 50and AnabH6024 and EshtemohH851 and AnimH6044, 51and GoshenH1657 and HolonH2473 and GilohH1542; elevenH259H6240 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

52ArabH694 and DumahH1746 and EshanH824, 53and JanumH3241 and Beth-tappuahH1054 and AphekahH664, 54and HumtahH2547 and Kiriath-arbaH7153 (that is, HebronH2275), and ZiorH6730; nineH8672 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

55MaonH4584, CarmelH3760 and ZiphH2128 and JuttahH3194, 56and JezreelH3157 and JokdeamH3347 and ZanoahH2182, 57KainH7014, GibeahH1390 and TimnahH8553; tenH6235 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

58HalhulH2478, Beth-zurH1049 and GedorH1446, 59and MaarathH4638 and Beth-anothH1042 and EltekonH515; sixH8337 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

60Kiriath-baalH7154 (that is, Kiriath-jearimH7157), and RabbahH7237; twoH8147 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

61In the wildernessH4057: Beth-arabahH1026, MiddinH4081 and SecacahH5527, 62and NibshanH5044 and the CityH5898 of SaltH5898 and EngediH5872; sixH8337 citiesH5892 with their villagesH2691.

63Now as for the 20JebusitesH2983, the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389, the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063 couldH3201 not 21driveH3423 them out; so the JebusitesH2983 liveH3427 with the sonsH1121 of JudahH3063 at JerusalemH3389 untilH5704 thisH2088 dayH3117.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 15:14 Josh 11:21, 22 ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 15:14 Or dispossessed ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 15:14 Num 13:33; Deut 9:2 ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 15:15 Josh 10:38 ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 15:16 Lit smites ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 15:16 Lit and I ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 15:17 Judg 1:13; 3:9 ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 15:18 Judg 1:14 ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 15:19 I.e. South country ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 15:21 Gen 35:21 ↩
  11. 11. Joshua 15:28 Gen 21:31 ↩
  12. 12. Joshua 15:31 1 Sam 27:6; 30:1 ↩
  13. 13. Joshua 15:33 Judg 13:25; 16:31 ↩
  14. 14. Joshua 15:35 1 Sam 22:1 ↩
  15. 15. Joshua 15:39 Josh 10:3; 2 Kin 14:19 ↩
  16. 16. Joshua 15:46 Lit hand ↩
  17. 17. Joshua 15:47 Josh 15:4 ↩
  18. 18. Joshua 15:47 Or wadi ↩
  19. 19. Joshua 15:47 Lit border ↩
  20. 20. Joshua 15:63 Judg 1:21; 2 Sam 5:6; 1 Chr 11:4 ↩
  21. 21. Joshua 15:63 Or dispossess them ↩

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