25 As for the farming settlements with their fields:

Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arba(A)

and Dibon and their surrounding villages,(B) and Jekabzeel and its settlements;

26 in Jeshua, Moladah,(C) Beth-pelet,

27 Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba(D) and its surrounding villages;

28 in Ziklag(E) and Meconah and its surrounding villages;

29 in En-rimmon, Zorah,(F) Jarmuth,(G) and

30 Zanoah(H) and Adullam with their settlements;

in Lachish(I) with its fields and Azekah(J) and its surrounding villages.

So they settled from Beer-sheba(K) to Hinnom Valley.(L)

31 Benjamin’s descendants:

from Geba,[a](M) Michmash,(N) Aija,

and Bethel(O) and its surrounding villages,

32 Anathoth,(P) Nob,(Q) Ananiah,

33 Hazor,(R) Ramah,(S) Gittaim,(T)

34 Hadid, Zeboim,(U) Neballat,

35 Lod, and Ono,(V) in Craftsmen’s Valley.

36 Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:31 Or descendants from Geba lived in

Outlying Towns

25 Now concerning the villages and their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages, 26 in Jeshua, in Moladah, and Beth-pelet, 27 in Hazar-shual, in Beer-sheba and its villages, 28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages, 29 in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, 30 in Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. They encamped from Beer-sheba to the Hinnom Valley.

31 The descendants of Benjamin lived from Geba to Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, 32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono’s Craftsmen Valley, 36 with some Levitical divisions of Judah pertaining to Benjamin.

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