12. which was Judah's western border.The clans of Judah lived within these borders.
13. Joshua gave Caleb some land among the people of Judah, as God had told him to do. Caleb's share was Hebron, which at that time was known as Arba's Town, because Arba was the famous ancestor of the Anakim.
14. Caleb attacked Hebron and forced the three Anakim clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to leave.
15. Next, Caleb started a war with the town of Debir, which at that time was called Kiriath-Sepher.
16. He told his men, “The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah.”
17. Caleb's nephew Othniel captured Kiriath-Sepher, and Caleb let him marry Achsah.
18. Straight after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's bothering you?”
19. She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so I really need some spring-fed ponds for a water supply.”Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds, named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.
20. The following is a list of the towns in each region given to the Judah clans:
21-32. The first region was in the Southern Desert along the border with Edom, and it had the following twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages:Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah, Kedesh, Hazor of Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron, which is also called Hazor, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages, Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, and Enrimmon.
33-36. The second region was in the northern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following fourteen towns with their surrounding villages:Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim.
37-41. The third region was in the southern part of the lower foothills, and it had the following sixteen towns with their surrounding villages:Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad, Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.
42-44. The fourth region was in the central part of the lower foothills, and it had the following nine towns with their surrounding villages:Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah.
45-47. The fifth region was along the Mediterranean coast, and it had the following towns with their surrounding settlements and villages:Ekron and the towns between there and the coast, Ashdod and the larger towns nearby, Gaza, the towns from Gaza to the Egyptian Gorge, and the towns along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.