Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon(A) to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions. The lands included the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the wilderness and the Negev.(B) These were the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. These were the kings:(C)

the king of Jericho(D)one
the king of Ai(E) (near Bethel(F))one
10 the king of Jerusalem(G)one
the king of Hebronone
11 the king of Jarmuthone
the king of Lachish(H)one
12 the king of Eglon(I)one
the king of Gezer(J)one
13 the king of Debir(K)one
the king of Gederone
14 the king of Hormah(L)one
the king of Arad(M)one
15 the king of Libnah(N)one
the king of Adullam(O)one
16 the king of Makkedah(P)one
the king of Bethel(Q)one
17 the king of Tappuah(R)one
the king of Hepher(S)one
18 the king of Aphek(T)one
the king of Lasharonone
19 the king of Madonone
the king of Hazor(U)one
20 the king of Shimron Meronone
the king of Akshaph(V)one
21 the king of Taanach(W)one
the king of Megiddo(X)one
22 the king of Kedesh(Y)one
the king of Jokneam(Z) in Carmel(AA)one
23 the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor(AB))one
the king of Goyim in Gilgalone
24 the king of Tirzah(AC)one
thirty-one kings in all.(AD)

Land Still to Be Taken

13 When Joshua had grown old,(AE) the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.

“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines(AF) and Geshurites,(AG) from the Shihor River(AH) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(AI) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(AJ) in Gaza, Ashdod,(AK) Ashkelon,(AL) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(AM) on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek(AN) and the border of the Amorites;(AO) the area of Byblos;(AP) and all Lebanon(AQ) to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon(AR) to Lebo Hamath.(AS)

“As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim,(AT) that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out(AU) before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,(AV) and divide it as an inheritance(AW) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

The other half of Manasseh,[a] the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the Lord, had assigned(AX) it to them.(AY)

It extended from Aroer(AZ) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau(BA) of Medeba as far as Dibon,(BB) 10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,(BC) out to the border of the Ammonites.(BD) 11 It also included Gilead,(BE) the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah(BF) 12 that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan,(BG) who had reigned in Ashtaroth(BH) and Edrei.(BI) (He was the last of the Rephaites.(BJ)) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.(BK) 13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur(BL) and Maakah,(BM) so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.(BN)

14 But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.(BO)

15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:

16 The territory from Aroer(BP) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba(BQ) 17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau,(BR) including Dibon,(BS) Bamoth Baal,(BT) Beth Baal Meon,(BU) 18 Jahaz,(BV) Kedemoth,(BW) Mephaath,(BX) 19 Kiriathaim,(BY) Sibmah,(BZ) Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 20 Beth Peor,(CA) the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 all the towns on the plateau(CB) and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,(CC) Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(CD)—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country. 22 In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor,(CE) who practiced divination.(CF) 23 The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.(CG)

24 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:

25 The territory of Jazer,(CH) all the towns of Gilead(CI) and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;(CJ) 26 and from Heshbon(CK) to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim(CL) to the territory of Debir;(CM) 27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah,(CN) Sukkoth(CO) and Zaphon(CP) with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee[b](CQ)). 28 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites,(CR) according to their clans.

29 This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, according to its clans:

30 The territory extending from Mahanaim(CS) and including all of Bashan,(CT) the entire realm of Og king of Bashan(CU)—all the settlements of Jair(CV) in Bashan, sixty towns, 31 half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan).(CW) This was for the descendants of Makir(CX) son of Manasseh—for half of the sons of Makir, according to their clans.(CY)

32 This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab(CZ) across the Jordan east of Jericho.(DA) 33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;(DB) the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,(DC) as he promised them.(DD)

Division of the Land West of the Jordan

14 Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance(DE) in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar(DF) the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel(DG) allotted(DH) to them.(DI) Their inheritances were assigned by lot(DJ) to the nine and a half tribes,(DK) as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Moses had granted the two and a half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan(DL) but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,(DM) for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim.(DN) The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.(DO) So the Israelites divided the land, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(DP)

Allotment for Caleb

Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal,(DQ) and Caleb son of Jephunneh(DR) the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God(DS) at Kadesh Barnea(DT) about you and me.(DU) I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea(DV) to explore the land.(DW) And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,(DX) but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt in fear.(DY) I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.(DZ) So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance(EA) and that of your children(EB) forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.’[c]

10 “Now then, just as the Lord promised,(EC) he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved(ED) about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!(EE) 11 I am still as strong(EF) today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as vigorous(EG) to go out to battle now as I was then. 12 Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day.(EH) You yourself heard then that the Anakites(EI) were there and their cities were large and fortified,(EJ) but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”

13 Then Joshua blessed(EK) Caleb son of Jephunneh(EL) and gave him Hebron(EM) as his inheritance.(EN) 14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.(EO) 15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba(EP) after Arba,(EQ) who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)

Then the land had rest(ER) from war.

Allotment for Judah(ES)

15 The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom,(ET) to the Desert of Zin(EU) in the extreme south.(EV)

Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,(EW) crossed south of Scorpion Pass,(EX) continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea.(EY) Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka. It then passed along to Azmon(EZ) and joined the Wadi of Egypt,(FA) ending at the Mediterranean Sea. This is their[d] southern boundary.

The eastern boundary(FB) is the Dead Sea(FC) as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

The northern boundary(FD) started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth Hoglah(FE) and continued north of Beth Arabah(FF) to the Stone of Bohan(FG) son of Reuben. The boundary then went up to Debir(FH) from the Valley of Achor(FI) and turned north to Gilgal,(FJ) which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh(FK) and came out at En Rogel.(FL) Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom(FM) along the southern slope of the Jebusite(FN) city (that is, Jerusalem(FO)). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley(FP) at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.(FQ) From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah,(FR) came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah(FS) (that is, Kiriath Jearim).(FT) 10 Then it curved westward from Baalah(FU) to Mount Seir,(FV) ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh(FW) and crossed to Timnah.(FX) 11 It went to the northern slope of Ekron,(FY) turned toward Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah(FZ) and reached Jabneel.(GA) The boundary ended at the sea.

12 The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.(GB)

These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.

13 In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb(GC) son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba(GD), that is, Hebron.(GE) (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)(GF) 14 From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites(GG)—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai,(GH) the sons of Anak.(GI) 15 From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). 16 And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah(GJ) in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” 17 Othniel(GK) son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

18 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him[e] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

19 She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev,(GL) give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.(GM)

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:8 Hebrew With it (that is, with the other half of Manasseh)
  2. Joshua 13:27 Hebrew Kinnereth
  3. Joshua 14:9 Deut. 1:36
  4. Joshua 15:4 Septuagint; Hebrew your
  5. Joshua 15:18 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts (see also note at Judges 1:14) Othniel, he urged her

And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

13 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.

All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;

From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,

20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

14 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.

Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.

And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.

13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.

15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

15 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.