Joshua 15
The Territory Allotted
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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.
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And their south border was from the shore
of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
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and it went out to the south side to
Ma'aleh-acrab'bim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the
south side unto Ka'desh-barne'a, and passed along to Hezron, and
went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Kar'kaa:
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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.
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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:
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and the border went up to Beth-hog'la,
and passed along by the north of Beth-ar'abah; and the border went
up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
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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 Adum'mim, which is on the
south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of
En-she'mesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-ro'gel:
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and the border went up by the valley of
the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jeb'usite; 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:
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and the border was drawn from the top of
the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephto'ah, and went out
to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Ba'alah,
which is Kir'jath-je'arim:
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and the border compassed from Ba'alah
westward unto mount Se'ir, and passed along unto the side of mount
Je'arim, which is Ches'alon, on the north side, and went down
to Beth-she'mesh, and passed on to Timnah:
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and the border went out unto the side of
Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed
along to mount Ba'alah, and went out unto Jab'neel; and the goings
out of the border were at the sea.
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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.
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Caleb Conquers Hebron
and Debir |
Judg. 1.10-15 |
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And unto Caleb the son of Jephun'neh 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.
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And Caleb drove thence the three sons of
Anak, She'shai, and Ahi'man, and Tal'mai, the children of Anak. Judg. 1.20
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And he went up thence to the inhabitants
of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kir'jath-se'pher.
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And Caleb said, He that smiteth
Kir'jath-se'pher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my
daughter to wife.
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And Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz, the
brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to
wife.
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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?
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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.
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The Cities of
Judah |
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This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Judah according to their
families.
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And the uttermost cities of the tribe of
the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were
Kab'zeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
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and Kinah, and Dimo'nah, and
Ada'dah,
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and Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Ithnan,
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Ziph, and Telem, and Be'aloth,
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and Hazor, Hadat'tah, and Ker'i-oth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
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Amam, and Shema, and Mol'adah,
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and Ha'zar-gad'dah, and Heshmon, and
Beth-pa'let,
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and Ha'zar-shu'al, and Beer-sheba, and
Bizjoth'jah,
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Ba'alah, and I'im, and Azem,
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and Elto'lad, and Chesil, and
Hormah,
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and Ziklag, and Madman'nah, and
Sansan'nah,
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and Leba'oth, and Shilhim, and A'in, and
Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their
villages.
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And in the valley, Eshta'ol, and
Zo're-ah, and Ashnah,
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and Zano'ah, and En-gan'nim, Tap'pu-ah,
and Enam,
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Jarmuth, and Adul'lam, Socoh, and
Aze'kah,
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and Shara'im, and Aditha'im, and
Gede'rah, and Gederotha'im; fourteen cities with their
villages.
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Zenan, and Hada'shah, and
Mig'dal-gad,
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and Dil'e-an, and Mizpeh, and
Jok'theel,
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Lachish, and Bozkath, and
Eglon,
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and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and
Kithlish,
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and Ged'eroth, Beth-da'gon, and Na'amah,
and Makke'dah; sixteen cities with their villages.
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Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
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and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and
Nezib,
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and Kei'lah, and Achzib, and Mare'shah;
nine cities with their villages.
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Ekron, with her towns and her
villages:
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from Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages.
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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.
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And in the mountains, Shamir, and
Jattir, and Socoh,
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and Dannah, and Kir'jath-san'nah, which is Debir,
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and Anab, and Esh'temoh, and
Anim,
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and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven
cities with their villages.
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Arab, and Dumah, and
Esh'e-an,
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and Janum, and Beth-tap'pu-ah, and
Aphe'kah,
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and Humtah, and Kir'jath-ar'ba, which is Hebron, and Zi'or; nine cities with their
villages.
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Ma'on, Carmel, and Ziph, and
Juttah,
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and Jezreel, and Jok'de-am, and
Zano'ah,
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Cain, Gib'e-ah, and Timnah; ten cities
with their villages.
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Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
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and Ma'arath, and Beth-a'noth, and
Elte'kon; six cities with their villages.
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Kir'jath-ba'al, which is Kir'jath-je'arim, and Rabbah; two cities with their
villages.
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In the wilderness, Beth-ar'abah,
Middin, and Seca'cah,
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and Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and
Enge'di; six cities with their villages.
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As for the Jeb'usites the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but
the Jeb'usites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto
this day. Judg. 1.21 · 2 Sam. 5.6 · 1 Chr. 11.4
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