Joshua 15:20-63

Revised Standard Version

The Towns of Judah

²⁰ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their families. ²¹ The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme South, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, ²² Kinah, Dimo′nah, Ada′dah, ²³ Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, ²⁴ Ziph, Telem, Be-a′loth, ²⁵ Ha′zor-hadat′tah, Ker′i-oth-hezron (that is, Hazor), ²⁶ Amam, Shema, Mola′dah, ²⁷ Ha′zar-gad′dah, Heshmon, Beth-pe′let, ²⁸ Hazar-shu′al, Beer-sheba, Biziothi′ah, ²⁹ Ba′alah, I′im, Ezem, ³⁰ Elto′lad, Chesil, Hormah, ³¹ Ziklag, Madman′nah, Sansan′nah, ³² Leba′oth, Shilhim, A′in, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities, with their villages.

³³ And in the lowland, Eshta′ol, Zorah, Ashnah, ³⁴ Zano′ah, En-gan′nim, Tap′puah, Enam, ³⁵ Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Aze′kah, ³⁶ Sha-ara′im, Aditha′im, Gede′rah, Gederotha′im: fourteen cities with their villages.

³⁷ Zenan, Hadash′ah, Mig′dal-gad, ³⁸ Di′lean, Mizpeh, Jok′theel, ³⁹ Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, ⁴⁰ Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, ⁴¹ Gede′roth, Beth-da′gon, Na′amah, and Makke′dah: sixteen cities with their villages.

⁴² Libnah, Ether, Ashan, ⁴³ Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, ⁴⁴ Kei′lah, Achzib, and Mare′shah: nine cities with their villages.

⁴⁵ Ekron, with its towns and its villages; ⁴⁶ from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

⁴⁷ Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coast-line.

⁴⁸ And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, ⁴⁹ Dannah, Kir′iath-san′nah (that is, Debir), ⁵⁰ Anab, Esh′temoh, Anim, ⁵¹ Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.

⁵² Arab, Dumah, Eshan, ⁵³ Janim, Beth-tap′puah, Aphe′kah, ⁵⁴ Humtah, Kir′iath-ar′ba (that is, Hebron), and Zi′or: nine cities with their villages.

⁵⁵ Ma′on, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, ⁵⁶ Jezreel, Jok′de-am, Zano′ah, ⁵⁷ Kain, Gib′e-ah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, ⁵⁹ Ma′arath, Beth-anoth, and El′tekon: six cities with their villages.

⁶⁰ Kir′iath-ba′al (that is, Kir′iath-je′arim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

⁶¹ In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, Seca′cah, ⁶² Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-ge′di: six cities with their villages.

⁶³ But the Jeb′usites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out; so the Jeb′usites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.