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This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Judah.
The towns of Judah situated along the borders of Edom in the extreme
south were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, Kedesh,
Hazor, Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-hadattah, K
erioth-
hezron (that is, Hazor), Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-gaddah,
Heshmon, Beth-pelet, Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, Baalah,
Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with their
surrounding villages.
The following towns situated in the western foothills were also
given to Judah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim,
Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim,
Adithaim, Gederah, and G
ederothaim—fourteen towns with their
surrounding villages.
Also included were Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, Dilean, Mizpeh,
Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmam, Kitlish,
Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns with
their surrounding villages.
Besides these, there were Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah,
Nezib, Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah—nine towns with their
surrounding villages.
The territory of the tribe of Judah also included Ekron and its
surrounding settlements and villages. From Ekron the boundary
extended west and included the towns near Ashdod with their
surrounding villages. It also included Ashdod with its surrounding
settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as
far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Judah also received the following towns in the hill country:
Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir), Anab,
Eshtemoh, Anim, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven towns with
their surrounding villages.
Also included were the towns of Arab, Dumah, Eshan, Janim,
Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and
Zior—nine towns with their surrounding villages.
Besides these, there were Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel,
Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their
surrounding villages.
In addition, there were Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, Maarath, B
eth-
anoth, and E
ltekon—six towns with their surrounding villages.
There were also Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and R
abbah—
two towns with their surrounding villages.