Joshua 15

1 And the borders of the tribe of Juda according to their families were from the borders of Idumea from the wilderness of sin, as far as Cades southward.

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;

2 And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.

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

3 And they proceed before the ascent of Acrabin, and go out round Sena, and go up from the south to Cades Barne; and go out to Asoron, and proceed up to Sarada, and go out by the way that is west of Cades.

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;

4 And they go out to Selmona, and issue at the valley of Egypt; and the termination of its boundaries shall be at the sea: these are their boundaries southward.

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.

5 And their boundaries eastward [are] all the salt sea as far as Jordan; and their borders from the north, and from the border of the sea, and from part of Jordan—

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.

6 the borders go up to Baethaglaam, and they go along from the north to Baetharaba, and the borders go on up to the stone of Baeon the son of Ruben.

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;

7 And the borders continue on to the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.

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:

8 And the borders go up to the valley of Ennom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the valley of Ennom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Raphain northward.

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;

9 And the border [going forth] from the top of the mountain terminates at the fountain of the water of Naphtho, and terminates at mount Ephron; and the border will lead to Baal; this is the city of Jarim.

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;

10 And the border will go round from Baal to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Assar behind the city of Jarin northwards; this is Chaslon: and it will come down to the city of Sun, and will go on to the south.

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;

11 And the border terminates behind Accaron northward, and the borders will terminate at Socchoth, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Lebna, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders [shall be] toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary.

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.

12 These [are] the borders of the children of Juda round about according to their families.

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.

13 And to Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arboc the metropolis of Enac; this is Chebron.

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.

14 And Chaleb the son of Jephone destroyed thence the three sons of Enac, Susi, and Tholami, and Achima.

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

15 And Chaleb went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; and the name of Dabir before was the city of Letters.

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

16 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife.

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

17 And Gothoniel the son of Chenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and he gave him Ascha his daughter to wife.

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

18 And it came to pass as she went out that she counselled him, saying, I will ask of my father a field; and she cried from off her ass; and Chaleb said to her, What is it?

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?

19 And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for you have set me in the land of Nageb; give me Botthanis: and he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower.

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.

20 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Juda.

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

21 And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Juda on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Baeseleel, and Ara, and Asor,

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,

22 and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel,

and Kinah and Dimonah, and Adadah, —

23 and Cades, and Asorionain, and Maenam,

and Kedesh and Hazor, and Ithnan,

24 and Balmaenan, and their villages,

Ziph and Talem, and Bealoth,

25 and the cities of Aseron, this [is] Asor,

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

26 and Sen, and Salmaa, and Molada,

Amam and Shema, and Moladah,

27 and Seri, and Baephalath,

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

28 and Cholaseola, and Beersabee; and their villages, and their hamlets,

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

29 Bala and Bacoc, and Asom,

Baalah and Iyyim, and Ezem,

30 and Elboudad, and Baethel, and Herma,

and Eltolad and Chesil, and Hormah,

31 and Sekelac, and Macharim, and Sethennac,

and Ziklag and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32 and Labos, and Sale, and Eromoth; twenty-nine cities, and their villages.

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

33 In the plain country Astaol, and Raa, and Assa,

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

34 and Ramen, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maeani,

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

35 and Jermuth, and Odollam, and Membra, and Saocho, and Jazeca.

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;

36 And Sacarim and Gadera, and its villages; fourteen cities, and their villages;

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

37 Senna, and Adasan, and Magadalgad,

Zenan and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

38 and Dalad, and Maspha, and Jachareel,

and Dilan and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

39 and Basedoth, and Ideadalea;

Lachish and Bozkath, and Eglon,

40 and Chabra, and Maches, and Maachos,

and Cabbon and Lahmas, and Chithlish,

41 and Geddor, and Bagadiel, and Noman, and Machedan: sixteen cities, and their villages;

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

42 Lebna, and Ithac, and Anoch,

Libnah and Ether, and Ashan,

43 and Jana, and Nasib,

and Iphtah and Ashnah, and Nezib,

44 and Keilam, and Akiezi, and Kezib, and Bathesar, and Aelom: ten cities, and their villages;

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

45 Accaron and her villages, and their hamlets:

Ekron with her towns, and her villages.

46 from Accaron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.

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

47 Asiedoth, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.

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.

48 And in the hill country Samir, and Jether, and Socha,

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

49 and Renna and the city of Letters, this [is] Dabir;

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

50 and Anon, and Es, and Man, and Aesam,

and Anab and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

51 and Gosom, and Chalu, and Channa, and Gelom: eleven cities, and their villages;

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

52 Aerem, and Remna, and Soma,

Arab and Rumah and Eshan,

53 and Jemain, and Baethachu, and Phacua,

and Janim and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah,

54 and Euma, and the city Arboc, this is Chebron, and Soraith: nine cities and their villages:

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

55 Maor, and Chermel, and Ozib, and Itan,

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Jutah,

56 and Jariel, and Aricam, and Zacanaim,

and Jezreel and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

57 and Gabaa, and Thamnatha; nine cities, and their villages;

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

58 Aelua, and Bethsur, and Geddon,

Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

59 and Magaroth, and Baethanam, and Thecum; six cities, and their villages; Theco, and Ephratha, this is Baethleem, and Phagor, and Aetan, and Culon, and Tatam, and Thobes, and Carem, and Galem, and Thether, and Manocho: eleven cities, and their villages,

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

60 Cariathbaal, this [is] the city of Jarim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages:

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

61 and Baddargeis, and Tharabaam, and Aenon;

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

62 and Aeochioza, and Naphlazon, and the cities of Sadon, and Ancades; seven cities, and their villages.

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

63 And the Jebusite lived in Jerusalem, and the children of Juda could not destroy them; and the Jebusites lived in Jerusalem to this day.

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.