Joshua 15 — BBE
15Verse 1Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.Verse 2Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:Verse 3From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:Verse 4Then on to Azmon, ending at the stream of Egypt: and the end of the limit is at the sea; this will be your limit on the south.Verse 5And the east limit is the Salt Sea as far as the end of Jordan. And the limit of the north part of the land is from the inlet of the sea at the end of Jordan:Verse 6Then the line goes up to Beth-hoglah, past the north of Beth-arabah, and up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;Verse 7Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:Verse 8Then the line goes up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem): then up to the top of the mountain in front of the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the farthest point of the valley of Rephaim on the north:Verse 9And the limit is marked out from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and out to the towns of Mount Ephron, as far as Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim):Verse 10Then turning west, the line goes from Baalah to Mount Seir, and on to the side of Mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north, then down to Beth-shemesh, and on past Timnah:Verse 11And out to the side of Ekron to the north: then it is marked out to Shikkeron and on to Mount Baalah, ending at Jabneel; the end of the line is at the sea.Verse 12And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.Verse 13And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.Verse 14And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.Verse 15From there he went up against the people of Debir: (now the name of Debir before that was Kiriath-sepher.)Verse 16And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.Verse 17And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.Verse 18Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?Verse 19And she said, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So he gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.Verse 20This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.Verse 21The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;Verse 22And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah;Verse 23And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan;Verse 24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth;Verse 25And Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (which is Hazor);Verse 26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah;Verse 27And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet;Verse 28And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;Verse 29Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem;Verse 30And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah;Verse 31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah;Verse 32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places.Verse 33In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;Verse 34And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;Verse 35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;Verse 36And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen towns with their unwalled places.Verse 37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad;Verse 38And Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;Verse 39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon;Verse 40And Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish;Verse 41And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.Verse 42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;Verse 43And Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib;Verse 44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places.Verse 45Ekron, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places;Verse 46From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places.Verse 47Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.Verse 48And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh;Verse 49And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (which is Debir);Verse 50And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim;Verse 51And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven towns with their unwalled places.Verse 52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan;Verse 53And Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah;Verse 54And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.Verse 55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah;Verse 56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah;Verse 57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten towns with their unwalled places.Verse 58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor;Verse 59And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places.Verse 60Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two towns with their unwalled places.Verse 61In the waste land, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah;Verse 62And Nibshan, and the Town of Salt, and En-gedi; six towns with their unwalled places.Verse 63And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.