^9 (A)And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the ^[a]South, and in the lowland.

Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir^(A)

^13 (B)Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of ^(C)Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, ^(D)Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). ¹⁴ Caleb drove out ^(E)the three sons of Anak from there: ^(F)Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ¹⁵ Then ^(G)he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).

^16 (H)And Caleb said, “He who ^[a]attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.” ¹⁷ So ^(I)Othniel the ^(J)son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him ^(K)Achsah his daughter as wife. ^18 (L)Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So ^(M)she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?” ¹⁹ She answered, “Give me a ^(N)blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The Cities of Judah

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

²¹ And at that time Joshua came and cut off ^(A)the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

³⁶ So Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to ^(A)Hebron; and they fought against it.