--- title: "The Cities of Judah" description: "This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah. These were the..." image: "" book: "Joshua" bookId: "JOS" testament: "old" startChapter: 15 startVerse: 20 endChapter: 15 endVerse: 63 coversChapters: [15] aiTitle: "The Cities of Judah" aiDescription: "This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah. These were the..." hasAiStory: true location: "Judah" persons: ["Judah","Caleb","Jebusites"] hashtags: ["covenant","genealogy","inheritance"] genre: "history" readingTime: 2 type: "adaptive" slug: "JOS/the-cities-of-judah" canonicalId: "JOS.15.20-15.63" chronologicalOrder: 374 relatedSlugs: ["JOS/the-battle-of-beth-horon","1SA/saul-pursues-david","JDG/the-capture-of-jerusalem-and-hebron","JOS/the-defeated-kings","JOS/the-land"] prevSlug: "JOS/calebs-portion-and-conquest" nextSlug: "JOS/josephs-sons-inheritance" --- This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of [Judah](/persons/judah). These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:
Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages. These were in the foothills:
Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages. Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages. Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages. Ekron, with its towns and villages; from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages; Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea. These were in the hill country:
Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir), Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages. Arab, Dumah, Eshan, Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages. Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages. Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities, along with their villages. Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages. These were in the wilderness:
Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages. But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the [Jebusites](/persons/jebusites) living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

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