¶ This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the² border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea³, from the bay⁴ that looketh southward:

And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim⁵, and passed along to Zin⁶, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar⁷, and fetched a compass to Karkaa⁸:

From thence it passed toward Azmon⁹, and went out unto the river¹⁰ of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

¹¹And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

And the border went up to Bethhogla¹², and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone¹³ of Bohan the son of Reuben:

And the border went up toward Debir¹⁴ from the valley¹⁵ of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal¹⁶, that is before the going up to Adummim¹⁷, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh¹⁸, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel¹⁹:

And the border went up by the valley of the son²⁰ of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite²¹; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants²² northward:

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah²⁴, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah²⁵, which is Kirjathjearim²⁶:

¶ And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh²⁷, and passed on to Timnah²⁸:

And the border went out unto the side of Ekron²⁹ northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah³⁰, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

And the west border was to the great sea³¹, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

¶ And unto Caleb³² the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba³³ the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

³⁴And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

³⁵And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

³⁶And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

And Othniel³⁷ the son of Kenaz³⁸, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah³⁹ his daughter to wife.

And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted⁴⁰ off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

Who answered, Give me⁴¹ a blessing⁴²; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

¶⁴³This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel⁴⁴, and Eder⁴⁵, and Jagur,

And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

And Kedesh⁴⁶, and Hazor⁴⁷, and Ithnan,

Ziph⁴⁸, and Telem⁴⁹, and Bealoth,

And Hazor⁵⁰, Hadattah, and Kerioth⁵¹, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

Amam, and Shema, and Moladah⁵²,

And Hazargaddah⁵³, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet⁵⁴,

And Hazarshual⁵⁵, and Beersheba⁵⁶, and Bizjothjah⁵⁷,

Baalah⁵⁸, and Iim, and Azem⁵⁹,

¶ And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah⁶⁰,

And Ziklag⁶¹, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain⁶², and Rimmon⁶³: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

And in the valley, Eshtaol⁶⁴, and Zoreah⁶⁵, and Ashnah,

And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah⁶⁶, and Enam,

Jarmuth⁶⁷, and Adullam⁶⁸, Socoh⁶⁹, and Azekah⁷⁰,

And Sharaim⁷¹, and Adithaim⁷², and Gederah, and Gederothaim⁷³; fourteen cities with their villages:

Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,

And Dilean, and Mizpeh⁷⁴, and Joktheel⁷⁵,

Lachish⁷⁶, and Bozkath⁷⁷, and Eglon⁷⁸,

¶ And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah⁷⁹; sixteen cities with their villages:

Libnah⁸⁰, and Ether⁸¹, and Ashan,

And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

And Keilah⁸², and Achzib⁸³, and Mareshah⁸⁴; nine cities with their villages:

Ekron⁸⁵, with her towns and her villages:

From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near⁸⁶ Ashdod, with their villages:

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza⁸⁷ with her towns and her villages, unto the river⁸⁸ of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir⁸⁹, and Socoh,

And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah⁹⁰, which is Debir,

¶ And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

And Goshen⁹¹, and Holon, and Giloh⁹²; eleven cities with their villages:

Arab, and Dumah⁹³, and Eshean,

And Janum⁹⁴, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,

And Humtah, and Kirjatharba⁹⁵, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

Maon⁹⁶, Carmel⁹⁷, and Ziph⁹⁸, and Juttah,

And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah⁹⁹; ten cities with their villages:

Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor¹⁰⁰,

And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:

¶ Kirjathbaal¹⁰¹, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

In the wilderness, Betharabah¹⁰², Middin, and Secacah,

And Nibshan, and the city of¹⁰³ Salt, and Engedi¹⁰⁴; six cities with their villages.

¹⁰⁵As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.