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The Territory of Judah
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.
The Land Given to the Tribe of Judah
The allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah reached southward to the border of Edom, as far south as the wilderness of Zin.
The allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah reached southward to the border of Edom, as far south as the wilderness of Zin.
And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;
and it went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed on to Zin, and went up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed to Hezron, and went up toward Addar, and turned toward Karkaah,
and passed on to Azmon, and went out by the torrent of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. That shall be your border southward.
-- And the eastern border was the salt sea as far as the end of the Jordan. -- And the border on the north side was from the tongue of the salt sea, at the end of the Jordan;
The eastern boundary extended along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River.
The northern boundary began at the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea,
The northern boundary began at the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea,
and the border went up toward Beth-hoglah, and passed north of Beth-Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;
went up from there to Beth-hoglah, then proceeded north of Beth-arabah to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben’s son.)
and the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward to Gilgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the torrent; and the border passed to the waters of En-shemesh, and ended at En-rogel;
From that point it went through the valley of Achor to Debir, turning north toward Gilgal, which is across from the slopes of Adummim on the south side of the valley. From there the boundary extended to the springs at En-shemesh and on to En-rogel.
and the border went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom, toward the south side of the Jebusite, that is, Jerusalem; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that is before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim northward;
The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim.
and the border reached along from the top of the mountain toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out toward the cities of mount Ephron; and the border reached along to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim;
and the border turned from Baalah westwards toward mount Seir, and passed toward the side of Har-jearim, that is, Chesalon, northwards, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah.
The boundary circled west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon on the northern slope of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to Timnah.
And the border went out to the side of Ekron northwards, and the border reached along toward Shicron, and passed mount Baalah, and went toward Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.
The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
-- And the west border is the great sea and [its] coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
Caleb's Portion and Conquest
And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, that is, Hebron.
And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, that is, Hebron.
The Land Given to Caleb
The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah’s territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak’s ancestor.
And thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak.
Caleb drove out the three groups of Anakites — the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
And from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
From there he went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).
And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Othniel, the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel’s wife.
And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?
And she said, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. Then he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
She said, “Give me another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
The Cities of Judah
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
The Towns Allotted to Judah
This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Judah.
The cities at the extremity of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the south, were: Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
The towns of Judah situated along the borders of Edom in the extreme south were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-Hezron, that is Hazor,
Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their hamlets.
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon — twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages.
-- In the lowland: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their hamlets.
Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim — fourteen towns with their surrounding villages.
and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets.
Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah — sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.
and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their hamlets.
Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah — nine towns with their surrounding villages.
Ekron and its dependent villages and its hamlets.
The territory of the tribe of Judah also included Ekron and its surrounding settlements and villages.
From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.
From Ekron the boundary extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their surrounding villages.
Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and [its] coast.
It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
-- And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh,
Judah also received the following towns in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh — eleven towns with their surrounding villages.
and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior — nine towns with their surrounding villages.
Kain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten cities and their hamlets.
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah — ten towns with their surrounding villages.
and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their hamlets.
Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon — six towns with their surrounding villages.
Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.
There were also Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah — two towns with their surrounding villages.
-- In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
In the wilderness there were the towns of Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi — six towns with their surrounding villages.
But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not dispossess them; and the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
But the tribe of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, who lived in the city of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live there among the people of Judah to this day.