Joshua 15:12-54

¹²These are the borders of the children of Juda round about according to their families.

¹³And to Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arboc the metropolis of Enac; this is Chebron.

¹⁴And Chaleb the son of Jephone destroyed thence the three sons of Enac, Susi, and Tholami, and Achima.

¹⁵And Chaleb went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; and the name of Dabir before was the city of Letters.

¹⁶And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife.

¹⁷And Gothoniel the son of Chenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and he gave him Ascha his daughter to wife.

¹⁸And it came to pass as she went out that she counselled him, saying, I will ask of my father a field; and she cried from off her ass; and Chaleb said to her, What is it?

¹⁹And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for you have set me in the land of Nageb; give me Botthanis: and he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower.

²⁰This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Juda.

²¹And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Juda on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Baeseleel, and Ara, and Asor,

²²and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel,

²³and Cades, and Asorionain, and Maenam,

²⁴and Balmaenan, and their villages,

²⁵and the cities of Aseron, this is Asor,

²⁶and Sen, and Salmaa, and Molada,

²⁷and Seri, and Baephalath,

²⁸and Cholaseola, and Beersabee; and their villages, and their hamlets,

²⁹Bala and Bacoc, and Asom,

³⁰and Elboudad, and Baethel, and Herma,

³¹and Sekelac, and Macharim, and Sethennac,

³²and Labos, and Sale, and Eromoth; twenty-nine cities, and their villages.

³³In the plain country Astaol, and Raa, and Assa,

³⁴and Ramen, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maeani,

³⁵and Jermuth, and Odollam, and Membra, and Saocho, and Jazeca.

³⁶And Sacarim and Gadera, and its villages; fourteen cities, and their villages;

³⁷Senna, and Adasan, and Magadalgad,

³⁸and Dalad, and Maspha, and Jachareel,

³⁹and Basedoth, and Ideadalea;

⁴⁰and Chabra, and Maches, and Maachos,

⁴¹and Geddor, and Bagadiel, and Noman, and Machedan: sixteen cities, and their villages;

⁴²Lebna, and Ithac, and Anoch,

⁴³and Jana, and Nasib,

⁴⁴and Keilam, and Akiezi, and Kezib, and Bathesar, and Aelom: ten cities, and their villages;

⁴⁵Accaron and her villages, and their hamlets:

⁴⁶from Accaron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.

⁴⁷Asiedoth, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.

⁴⁸And in the hill country Samir, and Jether, and Socha,

⁴⁹and Renna and the city of Letters, this is Dabir;

⁵⁰and Anon, and Es, and Man, and Aesam,

⁵¹and Gosom, and Chalu, and Channa, and Gelom: eleven cities, and their villages;

⁵²Aerem, and Remna, and Soma,

⁵³and Jemain, and Baethachu, and Phacua,

⁵⁴and Euma, and the city Arboc, this is Chebron, and Soraith: nine cities and their villages: