Joshua · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Joshua 15 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And the borders of the tribe of Judah according to their families were from the borders of Edom from the wilderness of Zin, as far as Kadesh southward.
1 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
2 And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.
2 Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
3 And they proceed before the ascent of Akrabbim, and go out round Zin, and go up from the south to Kadesh-barnea; and go out to Hezron, and proceed up to Addar, and go out by the way that is west of Kadesh.
3 and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka;
4 And they go out to Azmon, and issue at the Valley of Egypt; and the termination of its boundaries shall be at the sea: these are their boundaries southward.
4 and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.
5 And their boundaries eastward [are] all the salt sea as far as Jordan; and their borders from the north, and from the border of the sea, and from part of Jordan—
5 The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.
6 the borders go up to Beth-hoglah, and they go along from the north to Beth-arabah, and the borders go on up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
6 The border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
7 And the borders continue on to the fourth part of the Valley of Achor, and go down to Gilgal, which is before the approach of Adummim, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.
7 The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.
8 And the borders go up to the Valley of Hinnom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the Valley of Hinnom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Rephaim northward.
8 The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem) southward; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.
9 And the border [going forth] from the top of the mountain terminates at the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and terminates at Mount Ephron; and the border will lead to Baalah; this is the city of Jearim.
9 The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (also called Kiriath Jearim);
10 And the border will go round from Baalah to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Seir behind the city of Jearim northward; this is Chesalon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.
10 and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
11 And the border terminates behind Ekron northward, and the borders will terminate at Shikkeron, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Jabneel, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders [shall be] toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary.
11 and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12 These [are] the borders of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
12 The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
13 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Judah by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arba the metropolis of Anak; this is Hebron.
13 He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
14 And Caleb the son of Jephunneh destroyed thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Talmai, and Ahiman.
14 Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 And Caleb went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir before was the city of Letters.
15 He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16 And Caleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Achsah to wife.
16 Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz the brother of Caleb took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
17 Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
18 And it came to pass as she went out that she counseled him, saying, I will ask of my father a field; and she cried from off her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?
18 When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”
19 And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for thou hast set me in the land of Negeb; give me Botthanis: and he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower.
19 She said, “Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah.
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21 And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Judah on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Kabzeel, and Ara, and Asor,
21 The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22 and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel,
22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Maenam,
23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
24 and Balmaenan, and their villages,
24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25 and the cities of Hezron, this [is] Hazor,
25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (also called Hazor),
26 and Sen, and Shema, and Moladah,
26 Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27 and Seri, and Beth-pelet,
27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
28 and Cholaseola, and Beersheba; and their villages, and their hamlets,
28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
29 Baalah and Bacoc, and Ezem,
29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
30 and Eltolad, and Bethel, and Hormah,
30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
31 and Ziklag, and Macharim, and Sansannah,
31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Eromoth; twenty-nine cities, and their villages.
32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
33 In the plain country Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
33 In the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
34 and Ramen, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maeani,
34 Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
35 and Jarmuth, and Adullam, and Membra, and Socoh, and Azekah.
35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
36 And Shaaraim and Gederah, and its villages; fourteen cities, and their villages;
36 Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
39 and Basedoth, and Ideadalea;
39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40 and Chabra, and Maches, and Maachos,
40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,
41 and Gederoth, and Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities, and their villages;
41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
43 and Ashnah, and Nezib,
43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
44 and Keilah, and Akiezi, and Kezib, and Bathesar, and Aelom: ten cities, and their villages;
44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45 Ekron and her villages, and their hamlets:
45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
46 from Ekron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.
46 from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
47 Ashdod, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.
47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.
48 And in the hill country Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
48 In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
49 and Dannah and the city of Letters, this [is] Debir;
49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (which is Debir),
50 and Anab, and Esh, and Man, and Aesam,
50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
51 and Goshen, and Holon, and Channa, and Giloh: eleven cities, and their villages;
51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
52 Aerem, and Remna, and Soma,
52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
53 and Janim, and Beth-achu, and Aphekah,
53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,
54 and Humtah, and the city Arba, this is Hebron, and Zior: nine cities, and their villages:
54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55 Maon, and Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
56 and Jezreel, and Aricam, and Zacanaim,
56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
57 and Gibeah, and Timnah; nine cities, and their villages;
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
58 Halhul, and Beth-zur, and Gedor,
58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
59 and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities, and their villages;
59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
59a Theco, and Ephrath, this is Bethlehem, and Phagor, and Aetan, and Culon, and Tatam, and Thobes, and Carem, and Galem, and Thether, and Manocho: eleven cities, and their villages,
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60 Kiriath-baal, this [is] the city of Jearim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages:
60 Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
61 and Baddargeis, and Beth-arabah, and Aenon;
61 In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
62 and Aeochioza, and Nibshan, and the cities of Sadon, and Engedi; seven cities, and their villages.
62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
63 And the Jebusite dwelt in Jerusalem, and the children of Judah could not destroy them; and the Jebusites dwelt in Jerusalem to this day.
63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn’t drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Acsah
Caleb's daughter, given in marriage to Othniel when he captured Kiriath-sepher, who asked her father to add springs of water to the Negev land he had given her.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 15:16; Joshua 15:18–19; Judges 1:12–15
Ahiman
One of three descendants of Anak whom the spies saw living at Hebron.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 13:22; Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10
Arba
Called the greatest man among the Anakim and the father of Anak, after whom Hebron was formerly named Kiriath-arba.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:11
Bohan
Called a son of Reuben, he gave his name to the Stone of Bohan, a landmark on the border between Judah and Benjamin; 'son' may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:17
Kenaz
Brother of Caleb (his younger brother, according to Judges) and father of Othniel, the first judge after Joshua.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 15:17; Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9
Othniel
Son of Caleb's brother Kenaz who captured Kiriath-sepher and so won Caleb's daughter Acsah as his wife, and later, with the Spirit of the LORD upon him, judged Israel and defeated…
Cited in the guide: Joshua 15:17; Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9–11
Sheshai
One of three descendants of Anak whom the spies saw living at Hebron.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 13:22; Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10
Talmai
One of three descendants of Anak whom the spies saw living at Hebron.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 13:22; Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10
Cross references (54)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 26:55–56; Ezekiel 47:19; Numbers 34:3–5; Numbers 33:36–37; Joshua 14:2
- 2 Isaiah 11:15; Ezekiel 47:8; Genesis 14:3; Ezekiel 47:18; Numbers 34:3
- 3 Numbers 34:4; Judges 1:36; Genesis 14:7; Numbers 20:1; Numbers 32:8
- 4 Numbers 34:5; Joshua 13:3; Exodus 23:31; Genesis 15:18
- 5 Numbers 34:12; Joshua 18:15–19; Numbers 34:10
- 6 Joshua 18:17; Joshua 18:19–21
- 7 2 Samuel 17:17; 1 Kings 1:9; Joshua 7:26; Joshua 4:19; Hosea 2:5
- 8 Joshua 18:16; Joshua 15:63; Joshua 18:28; Judges 19:10; 2 Kings 23:10
- 9 1 Chronicles 13:6; Joshua 18:15; Judges 18:12; Joshua 9:17; 2 Samuel 6:2
- 10 Judges 14:1; Joshua 15:57; Genesis 38:12–13; 1 Samuel 6:12–21; Judges 14:5
- 11 2 Kings 1:2–3; 1 Samuel 7:14; 2 Kings 1:16; Joshua 15:45; Joshua 19:43–44
- 12 Ezekiel 47:20; Joshua 15:47; Numbers 34:6–7; Deuteronomy 11:24
- 13 Deuteronomy 1:34–36; Numbers 13:30; Joshua 14:6–15; Numbers 14:23–24
- 14 Judges 1:10; Judges 1:20; Joshua 11:21; Numbers 13:22–23; Joshua 10:36–37
- 15 Joshua 10:38; Joshua 10:3; Judges 1:11–13
- 16 Judges 1:12–13; Judges 1:6
- 17 Judges 3:9; Judges 1:13; Joshua 14:6; Judges 3:11; 1 Chronicles 2:49
- 18 Genesis 24:64; 1 Samuel 25:23
- 19 Judges 1:14–15; 2 Corinthians 9:5; Deuteronomy 33:7; 1 Samuel 25:27; Genesis 33:11
- 20 Deuteronomy 33:7; Genesis 49:8–12
- 21 Genesis 35:21; Nehemiah 11:25
- 23 Deuteronomy 1:19; Joshua 12:22; Numbers 33:37
- 24 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:24; 1 Samuel 23:19; Psalm 54:1; 1 Samuel 15:4
- 26 1 Chronicles 4:28
- 27 Nehemiah 11:26
- 28 Genesis 26:33; Genesis 21:14; 1 Chronicles 4:28; Genesis 21:31–33; Joshua 19:2–3
- 29 Joshua 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:29; Joshua 15:9–11
- 30 Joshua 19:4; Deuteronomy 1:44; Numbers 14:45; Judges 1:17
- 31 1 Samuel 27:6; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Chronicles 12:1; Joshua 19:5
- 32 Numbers 34:11; Nehemiah 11:29
- 33 Judges 13:25; Judges 16:31; Numbers 13:23; Joshua 19:41
- 34 Joshua 15:53; Joshua 12:17
- 35 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 17:1; Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 12:15
- 36 1 Samuel 17:52
- 38 2 Kings 14:7; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 7:5–6; Genesis 31:48–49; 1 Samuel 10:17
- 39 Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:31–32; 2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 19:8; 2 Kings 18:17
- 41 Joshua 10:21; Joshua 12:16; Joshua 10:28; Joshua 10:10
- 42 Joshua 10:29; Joshua 19:7; 2 Kings 8:22; Joshua 12:15
- 44 Micah 1:14–15; Genesis 38:5; 1 Samuel 23:1–14
- 45 Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:17; Zechariah 9:5–7; Amos 1:8; Zephaniah 2:4
- 46 Isaiah 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:6; Nehemiah 13:23–24; 1 Samuel 5:6; 1 Samuel 5:1
- 47 Joshua 15:4; Numbers 34:5–6; Exodus 23:31; Amos 1:6–7; Zephaniah 2:4
- 48 Joshua 21:14
- 49 Joshua 15:15; Judges 1:11
- 51 Joshua 10:41; Joshua 11:16; 2 Samuel 15:12
- 52 Isaiah 21:11
- 54 Joshua 15:13; Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:15
- 55 1 Samuel 23:25; Joshua 15:24; 1 Samuel 25:2; Isaiah 35:2; 1 Samuel 25:7
- 57 Joshua 15:10; Genesis 38:12; Jeremiah 14:1
- 58 1 Chronicles 4:39
- 60 Joshua 18:14; 1 Samuel 7:1
- 61 Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:18
- 62 1 Samuel 23:29; 2 Chronicles 20:2
- 63 Judges 1:21; Judges 1:8; 2 Samuel 5:6–9; 1 Chronicles 11:4–8
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