Joshua 15:21-63
The towns of Judah situated along the borders of Edom in the extreme south were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,Hazor hadattah, Kerioth hezron( that is, Hazor),Amam, Shema, Moladah,Hazar gaddah, Heshmon, Beth pelet,Hazar shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,Baalah, Iim, Ezem,Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon— twenty nine towns with their surrounding villages.The following towns situated in the western foothills were also given to Judah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,Zanoah, En gannim, Tappuah, Enam,Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim— fourteen towns with their surrounding villages.Also included were Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal gad,Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,Cabbon, Lahmam, Kitlish,Gederoth, Beth dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah— sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.Besides these, there were Libnah, Ether, Ashan,Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah— nine towns with their surrounding villages.The territory of the tribe of Judah also included Ekron and its surrounding settlements and villages.From Ekron the boundary extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their surrounding villages.It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.Judah also received the following towns in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,Dannah, Kiriath sannah( that is, Debir),Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,Goshen, Holon, and Giloh— eleven towns with their surrounding villages.Also included were the towns of Arab, Dumah, Eshan,Janim, Beth tappuah, Aphekah,Humtah, Kiriath arba( that is, Hebron), and Zior— nine towns with their surrounding villages.Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah— ten towns with their surrounding villages.In addition, there were Halhul, Beth zur, Gedor,Maarath, Beth anoth, and Eltekon— six towns with their surrounding villages.There were also Kiriath baal( that is, Kiriath jearim) and Rabbah— two towns with their surrounding villages.In the wilderness there were the towns of Beth arabah, Middin, Secacah,Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En gedi— six towns with their surrounding villages.But the tribe of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, who lived in the city of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live there among the people of Judah to this day.