²⁰ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

²¹ And the outermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

²² and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

²³ and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

²⁴ Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

²⁵ and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron (which is Hazor),

²⁶ Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

²⁷ and Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,

²⁸ and Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

²⁹ Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,

³⁰ and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

³¹ and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

³² and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.

³³ And in the valley: Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,

³⁴ and Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

³⁵ Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

³⁶ and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages;

³⁷ Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,

³⁸ and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

³⁹ Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

⁴⁰ and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

⁴¹ and Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages;

⁴² Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

⁴³ and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

⁴⁴ and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages;

⁴⁵ Ekron, with her towns and her villages;

⁴⁶ from Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages;

⁴⁷ Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt and the Great Sea and the border thereof.

⁴⁸ And in the mountains: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

⁴⁹ and Dannah, and Kirjathsannah (which is Debir),

⁵⁰ and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

⁵¹ and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages;

⁵² Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

⁵³ and Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,

⁵⁴ and Humtah, and Kirjatharba (which is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages;

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

⁵⁶ and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

⁵⁷ Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages;

⁵⁸ Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,

⁵⁹ and Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages;

⁶⁰ Kirjathbaal (which is Kirjathjearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages;

⁶¹ in the wilderness: Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

⁶² and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

⁶³ As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

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