1 N ow the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south.

2 T heir south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.

3 T hen it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued to Zin, then went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned about to Karka.

4 I t continued to Azmon and proceeded to the brook of Egypt, and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.

5 T he east border was the Salt Sea, as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

6 T hen the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and continued on the north of Beth-arabah, and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

7 T he border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and it ended at En-rogel.

8 T hen the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north.

9 F rom the top of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

10 T he border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah.

11 T he border proceeded to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel, and the border ended at the sea.

12 T he west border was at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.

13 N ow he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of the Lord to Joshua, namely, Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).

14 C aleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.

15 T hen he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.

16 A nd Caleb said, “The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.”

17 O thniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.

18 I t came about that when she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So she alighted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

19 T hen she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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

21 N ow the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons 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 Ithnan,

24 Z iph and Telem and Bealoth,

25 a nd Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),

26 A mam and Shema and Moladah,

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

28 a nd Hazar-shual and Beersheba and Biziothiah,

29 B aalah and Iim and Ezem,

30 a nd Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah,

31 a nd Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah,

32 a nd Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.

33 I n the lowland: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah,

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

35 J armuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah,

36 a nd Shaaraim and Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

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 Chitlish,

41 a nd Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

42 L ibnah and Ether and Ashan,

43 a nd Iphtah and Ashnah and Nezib,

44 a nd Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

45 E kron, with its towns and its villages;

46 f rom Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

47 A shdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; as far as the brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its coastline.

48 I n the hill country: Shamir and Jattir and Socoh,

49 a nd Dannah and Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),

50 a nd Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim,

51 a nd Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.

52 A rab and Dumah and Eshan,

53 a nd Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah,

54 a nd Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

55 M aon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah,

56 a nd Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah,

57 K ain, Gibeah and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

58 H alhul, Beth-zur and Gedor,

59 a nd Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.

60 K iriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

61 I n the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin and Secacah,

62 a nd Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

63 N ow as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.