11. to the hill north of Ekron. Then it turned toward Shikkeron and went past Mount Baalah and continued on to Jabneel, ending at the sea.
12. The Mediterranean Sea was the western border. Inside these borders lived the family groups of Judah.
13. The Lord had commanded Joshua to give Caleb son of Jephunneh part of the land in Judah, so he gave Caleb the town of Kiriath Arba, also called Hebron. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
14. Caleb forced out the three Anakite families living in Hebron: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
15. Then he left there and went to fight against the people living in Debir. (In the past Debir had been called Kiriath Sepher.)
16. Caleb said, “I will give Acsah, my daughter, as a wife to the man who attacks and captures the city of Kiriath Sepher.”
17. Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured the city, so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife.
18. When Acsah came to Othniel, she told him to ask her father for a field.So Acsah went to her father. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
19. Acsah answered, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in southern Canaan, also give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
20. The tribe of Judah got the land God had promised them. Each family group got part of the land.
21. The tribe of Judah got all these towns in the southern part of Canaan near the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22. Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23. Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
24. Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25. Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (also called Hazor),
26. Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27. Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
28. Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
29. Baalah, Iim, Ezem,