Joshua 15:8-63

8Then the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom to the southern flank of the Jebusites—that is, Jerusalem—and went up to the top of the mountain that flanks the Hinnom Valley to the west, which is at the northern end of the Rephaim Valley.

9From the top of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and went out to the towns of Mount Ephron, then curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

10From Baalah the border turned westward to Mount Seir, passed along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon) and went down to Beth-shemesh, then passed Timnah.

11Next the border went out to the slope north of Ekron, then went out to Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and the border ended at the sea.

12The western border was the Great Sea and its coastline. These were the borders around the children of Judah according to their clans.

13Now to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, at the command of Adonai to Joshua—Kiriath-arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).

14So Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, children of Anak.

15Then he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir (now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher).

16Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it.”

17So Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s kinsman, captured it, so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.

18Now it came about when she came to him, that she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her: “What do you need?”

19“Give me a blessing,” she said. “For you have given me land in the Negev, you should also give me springs of water.” So he gave her the Upper Springs and the Lower Springs.

20This is the portion of the tribe of the children of Judah by their clans:

21the towns at the end of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south were Kavzeel, Eder, Jagur,

22Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,

23Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

24Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

25Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),

26Amam, Shema, Moladah,

27Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,

28Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

29Baalah, Iim, Ezem,

30El-tolad, Chesil, Hormah,

31Ziklag, Madmanna h, Sansannah,

32Lebaot, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon—a total of 29 towns, with their villages.

33In the lowland: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

34Zanoach, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,

35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

36Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah and Gederothaim—14 towns with their villages.

37Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,

38Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,

39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

40Cabbon, Lahmas, Chithlish,

41Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah and Makkedah— 16 towns with their villages.

42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

43Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

44Keilah, Achzib and Mareshah—9 towns with their villages.

45Ekron with its towns and villages;

46from Ekron to the sea, all that were under Ashdod’s hand, with their villages,

47Ashdod, its dependencies and its villages; Gaza, its dependencies and its villages, all the way to the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.

48In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

49Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),

50Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

51Goshen, Holon and Giloh—11 towns with their villages.

52Arab, Rumah, Eshan,

53Janum, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,

54Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—9 towns with their villages.

55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

56Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

57Kayin, Gibeah and Timnah—10 towns with their villages;

58Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,

59Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—6 towns with their villages.

60Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah—2 towns with their villages.

61In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

62Nibshan, the City of Salt and En-gedi—6 towns with their villages.

63As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out. So the Jebusites continue to live among the children of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.