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Joshua 15 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Territory of Judah

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Now the lot (allotment) for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached [southward to] the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at its most southern part.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - Their southern border was from the lower end of the Salt (Dead) Sea, from the bay that turns southward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:3 - Then it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued along to Zin, and then went by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued along to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned about to Karka.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - It continued along to Azmon and proceeded to the [fn]Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish), and the border ended at the [Mediterranean] sea. This was their southern border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - The eastern border was the Salt (Dead) Sea, as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern border was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:6 - Then the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and continued along north of Beth-arabah, and the border went up to the [landmark of the] stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - The border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley; and the border continued on to the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border went up by the Valley of Ben-hinnom (son of Hinnom) at the southern slope of the Jebusite [city] (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - Then the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron; then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - The border went around west from Baalah to Mount Seir, and passed along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and then continued on through Timnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - The border proceeded to the slope [of the hill] of Ekron northward, then curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel. Then the border ended at the [Mediterranean] sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - The western border was at the Great Sea, with its coastline. This is the border around the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.
(Jdg 1:11–15)

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Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Joshua gave a portion among the sons of Judah, as the LORD commanded him, namely, Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - So Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:15 - Then he went up from there against the people of Debir; Debir was formerly named Kiriath-sepher.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - Now it came about that when Achsah came to Othniel, she persuaded him [to allow her] to ask her father for a field. Then she [rode up to Caleb and] dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:19 - Achsah answered, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the [dry] land of the Negev (South country), give me springs of water, too.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families (clans).

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The cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah in the extreme south toward the border of Edom were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:22 - and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:23 - and Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:24 - Ziph and Telem and Bealoth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:25 - and Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:26 - Amam and Shema and Moladah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:27 - and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Beth-pelet,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - and Hazar-shual and Beersheba and Biziothiah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:29 - Baalah and Iim and Ezem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:30 - and Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:31 - and Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32 - and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon; in all twenty-nine cities with their villages.

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In the lowland: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:34 - and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:35 - Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - and Shaaraim and Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

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Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal-gad,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:38 - and Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:39 - Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:40 - and Cabbon and Lahmas and Chitlish,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

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Libnah and Ether and Ashan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:43 - and Iphtah and Ashnah and Nezib,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:44 - and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

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Ekron, with its [fn]towns and villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46 - from Ekron even to the sea, all that were beside Ashdod, with their villages;

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Ashdod, with its towns and its villages; Gaza, with its towns and its villages; as far as the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish) and the Great [Mediterranean] Sea with its coastline.

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In the hill country: Shamir and Jattir and Socoh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:49 - and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:50 - and Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - and Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.

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Arab and Dumah and Eshan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:53 - and Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:54 - and Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

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Maon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:56 - and Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

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Halhul, Beth-zur and Gedor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 - and Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.

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Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

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In the wilderness [that slopes downward toward the Dead Sea]: Beth-arabah, Middin and Secacah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - and Nibshan and the [fn]City of Salt and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

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But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the [tribe of the] sons of Judah were not able to drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.

See the AMP Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
AMP Footnotes
Heb nachal, Arabic wadi. A dry river bed except in the rainy season.
Lit daughters and so throughout the chapter.
Perhaps Qumran.
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