1 A nd 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.

2 A nd their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;

3 a nd 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,

4 a nd 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.

5 — 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;

6 a nd 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;

7 a nd 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;

8 a nd 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;

9 a nd 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;

10 a nd 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.

11 A nd 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.

12 — And the west border is the great sea and coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.

13 A nd 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.

14 A nd thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak.

15 A nd from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

16 A nd Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

17 A nd Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

18 A nd 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?

19 A nd 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.

20 T his is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

21 T he 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,

22 a nd Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

23 a nd Kedesh, and Hazor, and Jithnan,

24 Z iph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

25 a nd Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-Hezron, that is Hazor,

26 A mam, and Shema, and Molada,

27 a nd Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Pelet,

28 a nd Hazar-Shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;

29 B aalah, and Ijim, and Ezem,

30 a nd Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

31 a nd Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansanna,

32 a nd Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their hamlets.

33 — In the lowland: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

34 a nd Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam,

35 J armuth and Adullam, Sochoh and Azekah,

36 a nd Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their hamlets.

37 Z enan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,

38 a nd Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

39 L achish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

40 a nd Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish,

41 a nd Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets.

42 L ibna, and Ether, and Ashan,

43 a nd Jiphthah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

44 a nd Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their hamlets.

45 E kron and its dependent villages and its hamlets.

46 F rom Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.

47 A shdod, 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 coast.

48 — And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh,

49 a nd Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, that is, Debir,

50 a nd Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

51 a nd Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.

52 A rab, and Dumah, and Eshan,

53 a nd Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,

54 a nd Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.

55 M aon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,

56 a nd Jizreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

57 K ain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten cities and their hamlets.

58 H alhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,

59 a nd Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their hamlets.

60 K irjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.

61 — In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

62 a nd Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.

63 B ut 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.