CHAPTER 15
Now the allotment
for the clans
of the tribe
of Judah
extended
to
the border
of Edom,
to the Wilderness
of Zin
at the extreme
southern boundary:
proceeded
to the south
of the Ascent
of Akrabbim,
continued on
to Zin,
went over
to the south
of Kadesh-barnea,
ran past
Hezron
up to
Addar,
and curved
toward Karka.
It proceeded
to Azmon,
joined the Brook
of Egypt,
and ended
at the Sea.
This
was
their
southern
border.
The eastern
border
was the Salt Sea
as far as
the mouth
of the Jordan.
The northern
border started
from the bay
of the sea
at the mouth
of the Jordan,
went up
to Beth-hoglah,
proceeded
north
of
Beth-arabah,
and went up
to the Stone
of Bohan
son
of Reuben.
Then the border
went up
to Debir
from the Valley
of Achor,
turning
north
to
Gilgal,
which
faces
the Ascent
of Adummim
south
of the ravine.
It
continued
along
the waters
of En-shemesh
and came out
at
En-rogel.
From there the border
went up
the Valley of Hinnom
along
the southern
slope
of the Jebusites
(that is,
Jerusalem)
and ascended
to
the top
of the hill
that
faces
the Valley of Hinnom
on the west,
at the northern
end
of the Valley
of the Rephaim.
From the hilltop
the border
curved
to
the spring
of the Waters
of Nephtoah,
proceeded
to
the cities
of Mount
Ephron,
and then bent around
toward Baalah
(that is,
Kiriath-jearim).
The border
curled
westward
from Baalah
to
Mount
Seir,
ran
along
the northern
slope
of Mount
Jearim
(that is,
Chesalon),
went down
to Beth-shemesh,
and crossed
to Timnah.
Then it
went out
to
the northern
slope
of Ekron,
curved
toward Shikkeron,
proceeded
to Mount
Baalah,
went on
to Jabneel,
and ended
at the Sea.
And the western
border
was the coastline
of the Great
Sea.
These
are the boundaries
around
the clans
of the descendants
of Judah.
According
to the LORD’s
command
to him,
Joshua gave
Caleb
son
of Jephunneh
a portion
among
the sons
of Judah—
Kiriath-arba,
that is,
Hebron.
(Arba was the forefather
of Anak.)
And Caleb
drove out
from there
the three
sons
of Anak—
the descendants of
Sheshai,
Ahiman,
and Talmai,
the children
of Anak.
And Caleb
said,
“I will give
my daughter
Acsah
in marriage
to the one who
strikes down
and captures
Kiriath-sepher.”
So Othniel
son
of Caleb’s
brother
Kenaz
took it,
and Caleb gave
his daughter
Acsah
to him
in marriage.
Later,
Acsah came to Othniel
and urged him
to ask
her father
for
a field.
When she got off
her donkey,
Caleb
asked her,
“What
would you like?”
“Give
me
a blessing,”
she replied.
“Since
you have given
me land
in the Negev,
give
me also
springs
of water.”
So Caleb gave
her
the upper
and lower
springs.
These were
the southernmost
cities
of the tribe
of Judah
in the Negev
toward
the border
of Edom:
Kabzeel,
Eder,
Jagur,
Ashdod,
with its towns
and villages;
Gaza,
with its towns
and villages,
as far as
the Brook
of Egypt
and the coastline
of the Great
Sea.
But the descendants
of Judah
could
not
drive out
the Jebusites
who lived
in Jerusalem.
So to
this
day
the Jebusites
live
there
among
the descendants
of Judah.