Joshua 15:12-55

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

¹³And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Judah by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arba the metropolis of Anak; this is Hebron.

¹⁴And Caleb the son of Jephunneh destroyed thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Talmai, and Ahiman.

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

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

¹⁷And Othniel the son of Kenaz the brother of Caleb took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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

¹⁹And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for thou hast set me in the land of Negeb; 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 Judah.

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

²²and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel,

²³and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Maenam,

²⁴and Balmaenan, and their villages,

²⁵and the cities of Hezron, this is Hazor,

²⁶and Sen, and Shema, and Moladah,

²⁷and Seri, and Beth-pelet,

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

²⁹Baalah and Bacoc, and Ezem,

³⁰and Eltolad, and Bethel, and Hormah,

³¹and Ziklag, and Macharim, and Sansannah,

³²and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Eromoth; twenty-nine cities, and their villages.

³³In the plain country Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,

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

³⁵and Jarmuth, and Adullam, and Membra, and Socoh, and Azekah.

³⁶And Shaaraim and Gederah, and its villages; fourteen cities, and their villages;

³⁷Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

³⁸and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

³⁹and Basedoth, and Ideadalea;

⁴⁰and Chabra, and Maches, and Maachos,

⁴¹and Gederoth, and Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities, and their villages;

⁴²Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

⁴³and Ashnah, and Nezib,

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

⁴⁵Ekron and her villages, and their hamlets:

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

⁴⁷Ashdod, 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 Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

⁴⁹and Dannah and the city of Letters, this is Debir;

⁵⁰and Anab, and Esh, and Man, and Aesam,

⁵¹and Goshen, and Holon, and Channa, and Giloh: eleven cities, and their villages;

⁵²Aerem, and Remna, and Soma,

⁵³and Janim, and Beth-achu, and Aphekah,

⁵⁴and Humtah, and the city Arba, this is Hebron, and Zior: nine cities, and their villages:

⁵⁵Maon, and Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,