Thisthen was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by theirfamilies; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermostpart of the southcoast.
And it went out to the southside to Maalehacrabbim, and passedalong to Zin, and ascended up on the southsideuntoKadeshbarnea, and passedalong to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
And the eastborder was the salt sea, evenunto the end of Jordan. And theirborder in the northquarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermostpart of Jordan:
And the borderwent up towardDebirfrom the valley of Achor, and so northward, lookingtowardGilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the southside of the river: and the borderpassedtoward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereofwere at Enrogel:
And the borderwent up by the valley of the son of Hinnomunto the southside of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the borderwent up to the top of the mountainthatliethbefore the valley of Hinnomwestward, which is at the end of the valley of the giantsnorthward:
And the border was drawnfrom the top of the hillunto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mountEphron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
And the bordercompassedfromBaalahwestwarduntomountSeir, and passedalongunto the side of mountJearim, which is Chesalon, on the northside, and wentdown to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
And the borderwent out unto the side of Ekronnorthward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passedalong to mountBaalah, and went out untoJabneel; and the goings out of the borderwere at the sea.
And untoCaleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a partamong the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, whichcity is Hebron.
And it came to pass, as she cameunto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Calebsaidunto her, Whatwouldestthou?
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thouhastgiven me a southland; give me alsosprings of water. And he gave her the uppersprings, and the nethersprings.
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judahcould not drivethem out: but the Jebusitesdwellwith the children of Judah at Jerusalemuntothis day.