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And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah , for their families , is unto the border of Edom ; the wilderness of Zin southward , at the extremity of the south ;
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and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea , from the bay which is looking southward ;
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and it hath gone out unto the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over [to] Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned round to Karkaa,
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and passed over [to] Azmon, and gone out [at] the brook of Egypt , and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea ; this is to you the south border .
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And the east border [is] the salt sea , unto the extremity of the Jordan , and the border at the north quarter [is] from the bay of the sea , at the extremity of the Jordan ;
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and the border hath gone up [to] Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border hath gone up [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben :
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and the border hath gone up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking unto Gilgal , which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, which [is] on the south of the brook , and the border hath passed over unto the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been unto En-Rogel;
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and the border hath gone up the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite on the south (it [is] Jerusalem ), and the border hath gone up unto the top of the hill -country which [is] on the front of the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] in the extremity of the valley of the Rephaim northward ;
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and the border hath been marked out, from the top of the hill -country unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and hath gone out unto the cities of mount Ephron , and the border hath been marked out [to] Baalah, (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim);
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and the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir , and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it [is] Chesalon), on the north , and gone down [to] Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah ;
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and the border hath gone out unto the side of Ekron northward , and the border hath been marked out [to] Shicron, and hath passed over to mount Baalah, and gone out [to] Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea .
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And the west border [is] to the great sea , and [its] border ; this [is] the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families .
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And to Caleb son of Jephunneh hath he given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah , according to the command of Jehovah to Joshua , [even] the city of Arba, father of Anak -- it [is] Hebron .
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And Caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak,
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and he goeth up thence unto the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir formerly is Kirjath-Sepher.
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And Caleb saith , `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sephar, and hath captured it -- I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife .'
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And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb , doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife .
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And it cometh to pass, in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father a field , and she lighteth from off the ass , and Caleb saith to her, `What -- to thee?'
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And she saith , `Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south thou hast given me, then thou hast given to me springs of waters;' and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah , for their families .
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And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah are unto the border of Edom in the south , Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
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and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
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and Kedesh, and Hazor , and Ithnan,
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Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
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and Hazor , Hadattah, and Kerioth , Hezron, (it [is] Hazor ,)
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Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
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and Hazar-Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Palet,
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and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah,
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Baalah, and Iim , and Azem,
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And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
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and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
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and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities [are] twenty and nine , and their villages .
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In the low country: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
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and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
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Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
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and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages .
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Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,
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and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
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Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
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and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
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and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah , and Makkedah ; sixteen cities and their villages .
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Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
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and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
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and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages .
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Ekron and its towns and its villages ,
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from Ekron and westward, all that [are] by the side of Ashdod, and their villages .
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Ashdod, its towns and its villages , Gaza , its towns and its villages , unto the brook of Egypt , and the great sea , and [its] border .
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And in the hill -country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
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and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it [is] Debir)
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and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
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and Goshen , and Holon , and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages .
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Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
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and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,
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and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron ), and Zior; nine cities and their villages .
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Maon, Carmel , and Ziph, and Juttah,
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and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
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Cain , Gibeah , and Timnah ; ten cities and their villages .
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Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,
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and Maarath, and Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages .
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Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities and their villages .
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In the wilderness : Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
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and Nibshan, and the city of Salt , and En-Gedi; six cities and their villages .
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As to the Jebusites , inhabitants of Jerusalem , the sons of Judah have not been able to dispossess them, and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this day .