1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the
children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness
of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
2 And
their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that
looketh southward:
3 And
it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and
ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron,
and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out
unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this
shall be your south coast.
5 And
the east border was the salt sea, even unto
the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from
the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
6 And
the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah;
and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
7 And
the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward,
looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the
south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh,
and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
8 And
the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of
the Jebusite; 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
end of the valley of the giants northward:
9 And
the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of
Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn
to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
10 And
the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along
unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went
down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
11 And
the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn
to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and
the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12 And
the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah
round about according to their families.
13 And
unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah,
according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the
city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14 And
Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the
children of Anak.
15 And
he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
16 And
Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give
Achsah my daughter to wife.
17 And
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah
his daughter to wife.
18 And
it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask
of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What
wouldest thou?
19 Who
answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also
springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
20 This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21 And
the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of
Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22 And
Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23 And
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 Ziph,
and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 And
Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
26 Amam,
and Shema, and Moladah,
27 And
Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
28 And
Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
29 Baalah,
and Iim, and Azem,
30 And
Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31 And
Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32 And
Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty
and nine, with their villages:
33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah,
and Ashnah,
34 And
Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35 Jarmuth,
and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36 And
Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their
villages:
37 Zenan,
and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
38 And
Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39 Lachish,
and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40 And
Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
41 And
Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their
villages:
42 Libnah,
and Ether, and Ashan,
43 And
Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44 And
Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
45 Ekron,
with her towns and her villages:
46 From
Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
47 Ashdod
with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the
river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
48 And
in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 And
Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
50 And
Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51 And
Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
52 Arab,
and Dumah, and Eshean,
53 And
Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
54 And
Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with
their villages:
55 Maon,
Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
56 And
Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57 Cain,
Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
58 Halhul,
Bethzur, and Gedor,
59 And
Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
60 Kirjathbaal,
which is Kirjathjearim,
and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
61 In
the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 And
Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
63 As
for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not
drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem
unto this day.
