The Father Gives Judah Its Inheritance
15 1 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the farthest south. 2 Their southern border ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces south. 3 It went out to the south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed on to Zin, went up south of Kadesh-barnea, passed Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka. 4 It passed on to Azmon and went out to the Wadi of Egypt, and the border ended at the sea. This will be your southern border. 5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern border ran from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6 The border went up to Beth-hoglah, passed north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 7 Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and turned north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim on the south side of the valley; and the border passed on to the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel. 8 Then the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), and it went up to the top of the mountain that lies west of the Valley of Hinnom, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. 9 From the top of the mountain the border bent around to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, went out to the cities of Mount Ephron, then bent around to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). 10 The border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, passed along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah. 11 The border went out to the northern slope of Ekron, bent around to Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah, went out to Jabneel, and ended at the sea. 12 The western border was the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the border surrounding the children of Judah according to their clans.
Caleb Claims His Promised Land
13 To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the command of our Father to Joshua: Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak — Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. 15 From there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife." 17 Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as wife. 18 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"
19 She said, "Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
The Cities of Judah's Inheritance
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their clans. 21 The cities at the far south of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the Negev, were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, 28 Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, 31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon — in all, twenty-nine cities, with their villages.
33 In the lowland: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim — fourteen cities, with their villages.
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, 38 Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel, 39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah — sixteen cities, with their villages.
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah — nine cities, with their villages.
45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages; 47 Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the Great Sea with its coastline.
48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh — eleven cities, with their villages.
52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior — nine cities, with their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah — ten cities, with their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon — six cities, with their villages. 60 Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah — two cities, with their villages.
61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi — six cities, with their villages.
63 But the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem the children of Judah could not drive out; so the Jebusites have lived with the children of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.