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Joshua 15
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Judah's Land

15 The clans of the Judah tribe were given land that went south along the border of Edom, and at its farthest point south it even reached the Zin Desert. 2 Judah's southern border started at the south end of the Dead Sea. 3 As it went west from there, it ran south of Scorpion Pass[a] to Zin, and then came up from the south to Kadesh-Barnea. It continued past Hezron up to Addar, turned toward Karka, 4 and ran along to Azmon. After that, it followed the Egyptian Gorge and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was also Israel's southern border.

5 Judah's eastern border ran the full length of the Dead Sea.

The northern border started at the northern end of the Dead Sea.[b] 6 From there it went west up to Beth-Hoglah, continued north of Beth-Arabah, and went up to the Monument of Bohan,[c] who belonged to the Reuben tribe. 7 From there, it went to Trouble Valley[d] and Debir,[e] then turned north and went to Gilgal,[f] which is on the north side of the valley across from Adummim Pass. It continued on to Enshemesh, Enrogel, 8 and up through Hinnom Valley on the land sloping south from Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem itself belonged to the Jebusites.

Next, the border went up to the top of the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the north end of Rephaim Valley. 9 At the top of the mountain it turned and went to Nephtoah Spring and then to the ruins[g] on Mount Ephron. From there, it went to Baalah, which is now called Kiriath-Jearim.

10 From Baalah the northern border curved west to Mount Seir and then ran along the northern ridge of Mount Jearim, where Chesalon is located. Then it went down to Beth-Shemesh[h] and over to Timnah. 11 It continued along to the hillside north of Ekron, curved around to Shikkeron, and then went to Mount Baalah. After going to Jabneel, the border finally ended at the Mediterranean Sea, 12 which was Judah's western border.

The clans of Judah lived within these borders.

Caleb's Land

(Judges 1.12-15)

13 (A) Joshua gave Caleb some land among the people of Judah, as God had told him to do. Caleb's share was Hebron, which at that time was known as Arba's Town,[i] because Arba was the famous ancestor of the Anakim.[j]

14 Caleb attacked Hebron and forced the three Anakim clans of[k] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to leave. 15 Next, Caleb started a war with the town of Debir, which at that time was called Kiriath-Sepher. 16 He told his men, “The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah.”

17 Caleb's nephew Othniel[l] captured Kiriath-Sepher, and Caleb let him marry Achsah. 18 Right after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he[m] ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from[n] her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's bothering you?”

19 She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so I really need some spring-fed ponds[o] for a water supply.”

Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds, named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.[p]

Towns in Judah's Land

20 The following is a list of the towns in each region given to the Judah clans:

21-32 The first region was located in the Southern Desert along the border with Edom, and it had the following 29 towns with their surrounding villages:

Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah,[q] Kedesh, Hazor of Ithnan,[r] Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron, which is also called Hazor, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages,[s] Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, and Enrimmon.[t]

33-36 The second region was located in the northern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following 14 towns with their surrounding villages:

Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim.

37-41 The third region was located in the southern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following 16 towns with their surrounding villages:

Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad, Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas,[u] Chitlish, Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.

42-44 The fourth region was located in the central part of the lower foothills, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:

Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah.

45-47 The fifth region was located along the Mediterranean seacoast, and it had the following towns with their surrounding settlements and villages:

Ekron and the towns between there and the coast, Ashdod and the larger towns nearby, Gaza, the towns from Gaza to the Egyptian Gorge, and the towns along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

48-51 The sixth region was in the southwestern part of the hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:

Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath-Sannah, which is now called Debir, Anab, Eshtemoh,[v] Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh.

52-54 The seventh region was located in the south-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:

Arab, Dumah,[w] Eshan, Janim, Beth-Tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath-Arba, which is now called Hebron, and Zior.

55-57 The eighth region was located in the southeastern part of the hill country, and it had the following ten towns with their surrounding villages:

Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel,[x] Jokdeam,[y] Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah,[z] and Timnah.

58-59 The ninth region was located in the central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:

Halhul, Beth-Zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon.

The tenth region was located in the north-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:

Tekoa, Ephrath, which is also called Bethlehem, Peor, Etam, Culon, Tatam, Shoresh, Kerem, Gallim, Bether, and Manahath.[aa]

60 The eleventh region was located in the northern part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following two towns with their surrounding villages:

Rabbah, and Kiriath-Baal, which is also called Kiriath-Jearim.

61-62 The twelfth region was located in the desert along the Dead Sea, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:

Beth-Arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, Salt Town, and En-Gedi.

The Jebusites

63 (B) The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and the people of the Judah tribe could not capture the city and get rid of them. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Judah.[ab]

Footnotes

  1. 15.3 Scorpion Pass: Or “Akrabbim Pass.”
  2. 15.5 at … Dead Sea: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  3. 15.6 Monument of Bohan: Or “Bohan Rock,” possibly a natural rock formation.
  4. 15.7 Trouble Valley: Or “Achor Valley.”
  5. 15.7 Debir: Not the same town as in 10.38,39.
  6. 15.7 Gilgal: Not the same “Gilgal” as in 4.19.
  7. 15.9 ruins: Hebrew; one ancient translation “towns.”
  8. 15.10 Beth-Shemesh: Probably the same town as the Ir-Shemesh of 19.41-46. Two other towns were also named Beth-Shemesh (see 19.17-23 and 19.35-39).
  9. 15.13 Arba's Town: See the note at 14.15.
  10. 15.13 Anakim: See the note at 11.21.
  11. 15.14 clans of: Or “warriors.”
  12. 15.17 Caleb's nephew Othniel: Hebrew “Othniel the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz.”
  13. 15.18 Achsah … Othniel … he: Hebrew; one manuscript of one ancient translation and two ancient translations of the parallel in Judges 1.14 “Othniel … Achsah … she.”
  14. 15.18 getting down from: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  15. 15.19 spring-fed ponds: Or “wells.”
  16. 15.19 small ponds … Pond … Pond: Or “wells … Well … Well.”
  17. 15.21-32 Aradah: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  18. 15.21-32 Hazor of Ithnan: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Hazor and Ithnan.”
  19. 15.21-32 its … villages: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Biziothiah.”
  20. 15.21-32 Enrimmon: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Ain and Rimmon.”
  21. 15.37-41 Lahmas: Most Hebrew manuscripts; many other Hebrew manuscripts and one manuscript of one ancient translation “Lahmam.”
  22. 15.48-51 Eshtemoh: Another spelling for the name Eshtemoa (see 21.9-19).
  23. 15.52-54 Dumah: Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation “Rumah.”
  24. 15.55-57 Jezreel: Not the same Jezreel as in 19.17-23.
  25. 15.55-57 Jokdeam: Hebrew; one ancient translation “Jorkeam.”
  26. 15.55-57 Gibeah: Not the same Gibeah as in 18.25-28.
  27. 15.58,59 The tenth region … Manahath: One ancient translation; the Hebrew text does not have these words.
  28. 15.63 Jebusites … Judah: Israel captured Jerusalem in King David's time, but even then the Jebusites were not forced to leave.
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Josué 15
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Los territorios de Judá

15 Tierra asignada, por sorteo, a la tribu de Judá: El límite sur de Judá empezaba en la frontera con Edom, cruzaba el desierto de Zin y terminaba en el extremo norte del Néguev. 2-4 Más específicamente, este límite comenzaba en la orilla sur del Mar Salado, seguía a lo largo del camino que va hacia el sur de los montes Acrabín, y cruzando el desierto de Zin llegaba hasta Jezrón, al sur de Cades Barnea, y luego subía por Carcá y Asmón hasta finalmente alcanzar el arroyo de Egipto, y de allí hasta el mar Mediterráneo.

5 El límite oriental se extendía a lo largo del Mar Salado hasta la desembocadura del río Jordán.

El límite norte comenzaba en la bahía donde el Jordán desemboca en el Mar Salado, 6 cruzaba hasta Bet Joglá, luego seguía hacia el norte de Bet Arabá hasta la piedra de Bohán, hijo de Rubén. 7 Desde aquel punto seguía a través del valle de Acor hasta Debir, donde cambiaba de rumbo hacia el noroeste, hacia Guilgal, frente a las lomas de Adumín sobre el lado sur del arroyo. Desde allí el límite se extendía hasta los manantiales de Ensemes, y de allí hasta la fuente de Enroguel. 8 Luego pasaba a través del valle de Bet Hinón, al sur de Jebús (donde está localizada la ciudad de Jerusalén). Luego seguía por el occidente hasta la cumbre de la montaña que está sobre el valle de Hinón y hacia el norte por el valle de Refayin. 9 Desde allí, desde la cumbre del monte, se extendía hasta el manantial de Neftóaj, y de allí a las ciudades del monte Efrón antes de volver hacia el norte para rodear Balá (que es otro nombre de Quiriat Yearín). 10-11 Luego giraba por el oeste de Balá hasta el monte de Seír, pasaba junto al pueblo de Quesalón, el lado norte del monte Yearín, y descendía hacia Bet Semes. Torciendo hacia el norte, la línea limítrofe seguía hacia el sur de Timná, hacia las laderas de la montaña norte de Ecrón, donde doblaba a la izquierda, pasando al sur de Sicrón y del monte Balá. Luego volvía hacia el norte y pasaba junto a Jabnel para terminar en el mar Mediterráneo.

12 El límite occidental era la línea costera del mar Mediterráneo: Estos son los límites de la tierra que se le dio a los clanes de la tribu de Judá.

Caleb conquista Hebrón y Debir

13 Tierra concedida a Caleb:

El Señor le dio órdenes a Josué de asignar algo de la tierra de Judá a Caleb, hijo de Jefone, de modo que le dio la ciudad de Quiriat Arbá (llamada también Hebrón), llamada así en honor al padre de Anac. 14 Caleb derrotó allí a los descendientes de los tres hijos de Anac: Sesay, Ajimán y Talmay. 15 Luego peleó contra los que vivían en la ciudad de Debir (anteriormente llamada Quiriat Séfer).

16 Caleb ofreció a su hija Acsa como esposa a cualquiera que fuera y tomara Quiriat Séfer. 17 Otoniel, hijo de Quenaz, sobrino de Caleb, fue el que la conquistó, de manera que Acsa se casó con Otoniel. 18 Antes de irse con él, este la persuadió a que le pidiera a su padre tierras de labranza como regalo de bodas. Ella entonces se bajó del burro para hablar con su padre y Caleb le preguntó:

―¿Qué deseas?

19 Dame otro regalo —ella le respondió—. La tierra que me diste es desierta; danos algunos manantiales también.

Él les concedió los manantiales de arriba y de abajo.

Ciudades de Judá

20 Esta fue la asignación de tierras de la tribu de Judá:

21-32 Las ciudades de Judá que estaban situadas a lo largo de las fronteras del Edom en el Néguev, a saber:

Cabsel, Edar, Jagur, Quiná, Dimoná, Adadá, Cedes, Jazor, Itnán, Zif, Telén, Bealot, Jazor Jadatá, Queriot, Jezrón (conocida también como Jazor), Amán, Semá, Moladá, Jazar Gadá, Hesmón, Bet Pelet, Jazar Súal, Berseba, con sus poblados, Balá, Iyín, Esen, Eltolad, Quesil, Jormá, Siclag, Madmana, Sansaná, Lebaot, Siljín, Ayin y Rimón.

En total estas ciudades con sus pueblos circundantes eran veintinueve.

33-36 Las siguientes ciudades situadas en los valles también fueron asignadas a Judá:

Estaol, Zora, Asena, Zanoa, Enganín, Tapúaj, Enam, Jarmut, Adulán, Soco, Azeca, Sajarayin, Aditayin, Guederá y Guederotayin.

En total eran catorce ciudades con sus correspondientes pueblos.

37-44 La tribu de Judá también recibió como herencia otras veinticinco ciudades con sus pueblos: Zenán, Jadasá, Migdal Gad, Dileán, Mizpa, Joctel, Laquis, Boscat, Eglón, Cabón, Lajmás, Quitlís, Guederot, Bet Dagón, Noamá y Maquedá, Libná, Éter, Asán, Jifta, Asena, Nezib, Queilá, Aczib y Maresá.

45 El territorio de la tribu de Judá abarcó además todos los pueblos y ciudades de Ecrón. 46 Desde Ecrón el límite se extendía hasta el mar Mediterráneo, e incluía las ciudades que están en las fronteras de Asdod con sus pueblos cercanos. 47 También estaba la ciudad de Asdod con sus pueblos, y Gaza con sus pueblos hasta el arroyo de Egipto y también toda la costa del mar Mediterráneo.

48-62 Judá recibió además estas cuarenta y cuatro ciudades en la región montañosa con sus pueblos circundantes:

Samir, Jatir, Soco, Daná, Quiriat Saná (que es Debir), Anab, Estemoa, Anín, Gosén, Holón y Guiló, Arab, Dumá, Esán, Yanún, Bet Tapúaj, Afecá, Humtá, Quiriat Arbá (que es Hebrón), Sior, Maón, Carmel, Zif, Yutá, Jezrel, Jocdeán, Zanoa, Caín, Guibeá y Timná, Jaljul, Betsur, Guedor, Marat, Bet Anot y Eltecón, Quiriat Baal (que es Quiriat Yearín), Rabá, Bet Arabá, Midín, Secacá, Nibsán, la Ciudad de la sal y Engadi.

63 Pero la tribu de Judá no pudo expulsar a los jebuseos que vivían en la ciudad de Jerusalén, de modo que los jebuseos viven allí en medio del pueblo de Judá hasta la fecha.

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