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And the border of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the brook; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the border went up by the Valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the Jebusite southward—the same is Jerusalem—and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the border was drawn from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah—the same is Kiriath-jearim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north—the same is Chesalon—and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border was drawn to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And as for the west border, the Great Sea was the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak—the same is Hebron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir—now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Caleb said: ‘He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she persuaded him to ask of her father a field; and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her: ‘What wouldest thou?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And she said: ‘Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Southland, give me therefore springs of water.’ And he gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the cities at the uttermost part of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and Hazor, and Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron—the same is Hazor; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Amam, and Shema, and Moladah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>In the Lowland: Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam; <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>and Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>and Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Ekron, with its towns and its villages; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the Brook of Egypt, the Great Sea being the border thereof. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah—the same is Debir; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Arab, and Rumah, and Eshan; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>and Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba—the same is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>Kiriath-baal—the same is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, unto this day.<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} Heb. 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