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Joshua 15

Joshua 15 defines Judah’s extensive inheritance from the south toward the Dead Sea and Mediterranean regions. Within the allotment, Caleb drives out the sons of Anak from Hebron, Othniel captures Kirjath-sepher and receives Achsah in marriage, and Achsah asks Caleb for springs of water. The chapter closes with a long list of Judah’s cities and the note that the Jebusites remain in Jerusalem.

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Joshua 15 defines Judah’s extensive inheritance from the south toward the Dead Sea and Mediterranean regions. Within the allotment, Caleb drives out the sons of Anak from Hebron, Othniel captures Kirjath-sepher and receives Achsah in marriage, and Achsah asks Caleb for springs of water. The chapter closes with a long list of Judah’s cities and the note that the Jebusites remain in Jerusalem.

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Verses 1–12The borders of Judah’s inheritance are describedVerses 13–19Caleb takes Hebron and Othniel wins AchsahVerses 20–63The cities of Judah are listed
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1This then was the lot of the tribe of the…2And their south border was from the shore of the…3And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim,…4From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto…5And the east border was the salt sea, even unto…6And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along…7And the border went up toward Debir from the valley…8And the border went up by the valley of the…9And the border was drawn from the top of the…10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,…11And the border went out unto the side of Ekron…12And the west border was to the great sea, and…13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a…14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai,…15And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir:…16And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it,…17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb,…18And it came to pass, as she came unto him,…19Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given…20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children…21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children…22And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,23And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,25And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,26Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,27And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,28And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,29Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,30And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,31And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,32And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the…33And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,34And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,36And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities…37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,38And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,40And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,41And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with…42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,43And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,44And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their…45Ekron, with her towns and her villages:46From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near…47Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her…48And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,49And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,50And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,51And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their…52Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,53And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,54And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine…55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:58Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,59And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their…60Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their…61In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six…63As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children…