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Joshua 15 Darby Translation

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  • Protestant
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
  • NT: Critical text
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Very literal
  • 1890
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1 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south. 2 And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward; 3 and it went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed on to Zin, and went up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed to Hezron, and went up toward Addar, and turned toward Karkaah, 4 and passed on to Azmon, and went out by the torrent of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. That shall be your border southward. 5 — And the eastern border was the salt sea as far as the end of the Jordan. — And the border on the north side was from the tongue of the salt sea, at the end of the Jordan; 6 and the border went up toward Beth-hoglah, and passed north of Beth-Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben; 7 and the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward to Gilgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the torrent; and the border passed to the waters of En-shemesh, and ended at En-rogel; 8 and the border went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom, toward the south side of the Jebusite, that is, Jerusalem; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that is before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim northward; 9 and the border reached along from the top of the mountain toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out toward the cities of mount Ephron; and the border reached along to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim; 10 and the border turned from Baalah westwards toward mount Seir, and passed toward the side of Har-jearim, that is, Chesalon, northwards, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah. 11 And the border went out to the side of Ekron northwards, and the border reached along toward Shicron, and passed mount Baalah, and went toward Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea. 12 — And the west border is the great sea and [its] coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families. 13 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, that is, Hebron. 14 And thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak. 15 And from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I 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 as wife. 18 And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou? 19 And she said, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. Then he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21 The cities at the extremity of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the south, were: Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Jithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-Hezron, that is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Molada, 27 and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Pelet, 28 and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah; 29 Baalah, and Ijim, and Ezem, 30 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansanna, 32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their hamlets. 33 — In the lowland: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 34 and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam, 35 Jarmuth and Adullam, Sochoh and Azekah, 36 and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their hamlets. 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad, 38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 and Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish, 41 and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets. 42 Libna, and Ether, and Ashan, 43 and Jiphthah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their hamlets. 45 Ekron and its dependent villages and its hamlets. 46 From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets. 47 Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and [its] coast. 48 — And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh, 49 and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, that is, Debir, 50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51 and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets. 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, 53 and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah, 54 and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets. 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, 56 and Jizreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten cities and their hamlets. 58 Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor, 59 and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their hamlets. 60 Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets. 61 — In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets. 63 But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not dispossess them; and the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Acsah

    Caleb's daughter, Othniel's wife

    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

    Anakite living at Hebron

    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

    Forefather of the Anakim

    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

    Son of Reuben

    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

    Caleb's brother, Othniel's father

    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

    First judge after Joshua

    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

    Anakite living at Hebron

    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

    Anakite living at Hebron

    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. 1 Numbers 26:55–56; Ezekiel 47:19; Numbers 34:3–5; Numbers 33:36–37; Joshua 14:2
  2. 2 Isaiah 11:15; Ezekiel 47:8; Genesis 14:3; Ezekiel 47:18; Numbers 34:3
  3. 3 Numbers 34:4; Judges 1:36; Genesis 14:7; Numbers 20:1; Numbers 32:8
  4. 4 Numbers 34:5; Joshua 13:3; Exodus 23:31; Genesis 15:18
  5. 5 Numbers 34:12; Joshua 18:15–19; Numbers 34:10
  6. 6 Joshua 18:17; Joshua 18:19–21
  7. 7 2 Samuel 17:17; 1 Kings 1:9; Joshua 7:26; Joshua 4:19; Hosea 2:5
  8. 8 Joshua 18:16; Joshua 15:63; Joshua 18:28; Judges 19:10; 2 Kings 23:10
  9. 9 1 Chronicles 13:6; Joshua 18:15; Judges 18:12; Joshua 9:17; 2 Samuel 6:2
  10. 10 Judges 14:1; Joshua 15:57; Genesis 38:12–13; 1 Samuel 6:12–21; Judges 14:5
  11. 11 2 Kings 1:2–3; 1 Samuel 7:14; 2 Kings 1:16; Joshua 15:45; Joshua 19:43–44
  12. 12 Ezekiel 47:20; Joshua 15:47; Numbers 34:6–7; Deuteronomy 11:24
  13. 13 Deuteronomy 1:34–36; Numbers 13:30; Joshua 14:6–15; Numbers 14:23–24
  14. 14 Judges 1:10; Judges 1:20; Joshua 11:21; Numbers 13:22–23; Joshua 10:36–37
  15. 15 Joshua 10:38; Joshua 10:3; Judges 1:11–13
  16. 16 Judges 1:12–13; Judges 1:6
  17. 17 Judges 3:9; Judges 1:13; Joshua 14:6; Judges 3:11; 1 Chronicles 2:49
  18. 18 Genesis 24:64; 1 Samuel 25:23
  19. 19 Judges 1:14–15; 2 Corinthians 9:5; Deuteronomy 33:7; 1 Samuel 25:27; Genesis 33:11
  20. 20 Deuteronomy 33:7; Genesis 49:8–12
  21. 21 Genesis 35:21; Nehemiah 11:25
  22. 23 Deuteronomy 1:19; Joshua 12:22; Numbers 33:37
  23. 24 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:24; 1 Samuel 23:19; Psalm 54:1; 1 Samuel 15:4
  24. 26 1 Chronicles 4:28
  25. 27 Nehemiah 11:26
  26. 28 Genesis 26:33; Genesis 21:14; 1 Chronicles 4:28; Genesis 21:31–33; Joshua 19:2–3
  27. 29 Joshua 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:29; Joshua 15:9–11
  28. 30 Joshua 19:4; Deuteronomy 1:44; Numbers 14:45; Judges 1:17
  29. 31 1 Samuel 27:6; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Chronicles 12:1; Joshua 19:5
  30. 32 Numbers 34:11; Nehemiah 11:29
  31. 33 Judges 13:25; Judges 16:31; Numbers 13:23; Joshua 19:41
  32. 34 Joshua 15:53; Joshua 12:17
  33. 35 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 17:1; Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 12:15
  34. 36 1 Samuel 17:52
  35. 38 2 Kings 14:7; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 7:5–6; Genesis 31:48–49; 1 Samuel 10:17
  36. 39 Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:31–32; 2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 19:8; 2 Kings 18:17
  37. 41 Joshua 10:21; Joshua 12:16; Joshua 10:28; Joshua 10:10
  38. 42 Joshua 10:29; Joshua 19:7; 2 Kings 8:22; Joshua 12:15
  39. 44 Micah 1:14–15; Genesis 38:5; 1 Samuel 23:1–14
  40. 45 Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:17; Zechariah 9:5–7; Amos 1:8; Zephaniah 2:4
  41. 46 Isaiah 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:6; Nehemiah 13:23–24; 1 Samuel 5:6; 1 Samuel 5:1
  42. 47 Joshua 15:4; Numbers 34:5–6; Exodus 23:31; Amos 1:6–7; Zephaniah 2:4
  43. 48 Joshua 21:14
  44. 49 Joshua 15:15; Judges 1:11
  45. 51 Joshua 10:41; Joshua 11:16; 2 Samuel 15:12
  46. 52 Isaiah 21:11
  47. 54 Joshua 15:13; Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:15
  48. 55 1 Samuel 23:25; Joshua 15:24; 1 Samuel 25:2; Isaiah 35:2; 1 Samuel 25:7
  49. 57 Joshua 15:10; Genesis 38:12; Jeremiah 14:1
  50. 58 1 Chronicles 4:39
  51. 60 Joshua 18:14; 1 Samuel 7:1
  52. 61 Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:18
  53. 62 1 Samuel 23:29; 2 Chronicles 20:2
  54. 63 Judges 1:21; Judges 1:8; 2 Samuel 5:6–9; 1 Chronicles 11:4–8

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences