Now athe lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families 1reached the bborder of Edom, southward to the cwilderness of Zin at the extreme south.Lit was toNum 34:3, 4Num 20:16Deut 32:51 2 Their southern border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south. 3 Then it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued to Zin, then went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned to Karka. 4 It acontinued to Azmon and proceeded to the 1bbrook of Egypt, and the 2border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.Or wadiLit goings out of the border wereNum 34:5Gen 15:18; 1 Kin 8:65 5 The aeastern border was the Salt Sea, as far as the 1mouth of the Jordan. And the bborder of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the 2mouth of the Jordan.Lit endNum 34:3, 10-12Josh 18:15-19 6 Then the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and continued on the north of Beth-arabah, and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 7 And the border went up to Debir from athe Valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and 1it ended at En-rogel.Lit the goings out of it wereJosh 7:24 8 Then the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the aJebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is opposite the Valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim toward the north.Josh 15:63 9 And from the top of the mountain the border turned to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border turned to aBaalah (that is, bKiriath-jearim).1 Chr 13:6Judg 18:12 10 The border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through aTimnah.Gen 38:13; Judg 14:1 11 Then the border proceeded to the side of Ekron northward. And the border turned to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel, and the 1border ended at the sea.Lit goings out...were 12 The western border was aat the Great Sea, even its 1coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.Lit borderNum 34:6
13 Now ahe gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion bamong the sons of Judah, in accordance with the 1command of the LORD to Joshua, namely, 2Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).Lit mouthI.e., the city of ArbaJosh 14:13-15Num 13:6 14 And aCaleb 1drove out from there the three bsons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.Or dispossessed themJosh 11:21, 22Num 13:33; Deut 9:2 15 Then ahe went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir previously was Kiriath-sepher.Josh 10:38 16 And Caleb said, “The one who 1attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, 2I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.”Lit strikesLit and I 17 aOthniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.Judg 1:13; 3:9 18 aAnd it happened that when she came to him, she incited him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”Judg 1:14 19 Then she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the 1Negev, give me springs of water also.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.I.e., South country
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.
21 Now the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel, aEder, and Jagur,Gen 35:21 22 Kinah, Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, Telem, and Bealoth, 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, and Moladah, 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, and Beth-pelet, 28 Hazar-shual, aBeersheba, and Biziothiah,Gen 21:31 29 Baalah, Iim, and Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, and Hormah, 31 aZiklag, Madmannah, and Sansannah,1 Sam 27:6; 30:1 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.
33 In the lowland: aEshtaol, Zorah, and Ashnah,Judg 13:25; 16:31 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 35 Jarmuth, aAdullam, Socoh, and Azekah,1 Sam 22:1 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
37 Zenan, Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39 aLachish, Bozkath, and Eglon,Josh 10:3; 2 Kin 14:19 40 Cabbon, Lahmas, and Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
42 Libnah, Ether, and Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages; 46 from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the 1side of Ashdod, with their villages.Lit hand
47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages, as far as athe 1brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its 2coastline.Or wadiLit borderJosh 15:4
48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, and 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, and Eshan, 53 Janum, Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, 54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and 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, and Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
63 Now as for the aJebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not 1drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.Or dispossess themJudg 1:21; 2 Sam 5:6; 1 Chr 11:4