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Joshua 15:20-63

Joshua 15:20-63 TPT

These are the cities given as an inheritance to the families of the tribe of Judah. The cities of the first district in the extreme south near the border of Edom included 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, Iyyim, Ezem, Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages. The cities of the second district in the western foothills included Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim) —fourteen towns and their villages. The cities of the third district included Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns and their villages. The cities of the fourth district included Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine towns and their villages. The cities of the fifth district included Ekron, with its surrounding settlements and villages; from Ekron westward, all the towns in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages; Ashdod, and its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far south as the Wadi of Egypt and as far west as the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. The cities of the sixth district in the Judean hills included Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven towns and their villages. The cities of the seventh district included Arab, Dumah, Eshan, Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine towns and their villages. The cities of the eighth district included Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns and their villages. The cities of the ninth district included Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon—six towns and their villages. The cities of the tenth district included Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah—two towns and their villages. The desert cities of the eleventh district included Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi—six towns and their villages. The people of Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites from Jerusalem, and they live among the people of Judah to this day.