The Anakims cut off. CHAP. XII, XIII. The one and thirty kings smote. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all and in the plains, and in the springs, and those kings. in the wilderness, and in the south coun19 There was not a city that made peace try; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the with the children of Israel, save the Hivites Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they the Jebusites: took in battle. 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD Commanded Moses. 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 21 Aud at that time came Joshua and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua de- of Arad, one; stroyed them utterly with their cities. 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the 22 There was none of the Anakims left of Adullam, one; in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there re-king of Beth-el, one; mained. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. CHAP. XII. No TOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon, unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3 And from the plain to the sea of Cinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah : 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; 20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. NOW CHAP. XIII. TOW Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, even unto the borders of Ekron northward; 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in which is counted to the Canaanite: five Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: 4 From the south all the land of the Ca6 Them did Moses the servant of the naanites, and Mearah that is beside the LORD, and the children of Israel smite: Sidonians, unto Aphek to the borders of and Moses the servant of the LORD gave the Amorites: it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Lebanon toward the sun-rising, from Baal7 And these are the kings of the gad under mount Hermon unto the entering country which Joshua and the children of into Hamath. Israel smote on this side Jordan on the 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-country west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Le- from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and banon, even unto the mount Halak that all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto before the children of Israel: only divide the tribes of Israel for a possession accord- thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an ining to their divisions; heritance, as I have commanded thee. 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, 7 Now therefore divide this land for an Bounds of the unconquered land. JOSHUA. Balaam is slain. inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the the cities of Gilead, and half the land of half-tribe of Manasseh, the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 8 With whom the Reubenites and the before Rabbah; Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and 9 From Aroer that is upon the bank of Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the river Arnon, and the city that is in the the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of midst of the river, and all the plain of Me- Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto deba unto Dibon; the edge of the sea of Cinneroth, on the other side Jordan eastward. 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 ¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half-tribe of the chil12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, dren of Manasseh by their families. which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, who remained of the remnant of the giants. all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of For these did Moses smite, and cast them out. Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which 13 Nevertheless, the children of Israel are in Bashan, threescore cities: expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maa- 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and chathites: but the Geshurites and the Maa- Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bachathites dwell among the Israelites until shan, were pertaining unto the children of this day. Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 1 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward. 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses 16 And their coast was from Aroer that gave not any inheritance: the LORD God is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the of Israel was their inheritance, as he said city that is in the midst of the river, and all unto them. the plain by Medeba: CHAP. XIV. 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and AND these are the countries which the Beth-baal-meon, 18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed for inheritance unto them 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. 21 And all the cities of the plain and all 3 For Moses had given the inheritance the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amo- of two tribes and an half-tribe on the other rites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave Moses smote with the princes of Midian, none inheritance among them. Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and 4 For the children of Joseph were two Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore in the country. they gave no part unto the Levites in the 22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the land, save cities to dwell in, with their subsoothsayer, did the children of Israel slay urbs for their cattle, and for their substance. with the sword, among them that were 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so slain by them. the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben, after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all 6 ¶ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Inheritance of the tribes. CHAP. XV. Borders of the lot of Judah. barnea to espy out the land; and I brought 7 And the border went up toward Debir him word again as it was in mine heart. from the valley of Achor, and so northward 8 Nevertheless, my brethren that went looking toward Gilgal, that is before the goup with me made the heart of the people ing up to Adummim, which is on the south melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. side of the river: and the border passed to9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, ward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goSurely the land whereon thy feet have ings out thereof were at En-rogel : trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy 8 And the border went up by the valley children's for ever; because thou hast of the son of Hinnom, unto the south side wholly followed the LORD my God. of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath and the border went up to the top of the kept me alive, as he said, these forty and mountain that lieth before the valley of five years, even since the LORD spake this Hinnom westward, which is at the end of word unto Moses, while the children of the valley of the giants northward: Israel wandered in the wilderness: and. 9 And the border was drawn from the now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five top of the hill unto the fountain of the years old. water of Nephtoah, and went out to the 11 As yet I am as strong this day, as I cities of mount Ephron; and the border was in the day that Moses sent me as my was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jeastrength was then, even so is my strength rim: now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. 10 And the border compassed from Baa12 Now therefore give me this mountain, lah westward unto mount Seir, and passed whereof the LORD spake in that day; for along unto the side of mount Jearim (which thou heardest in that day how the Anakims is Chesalon) on the north side, and went were there, and that the cities were great and down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, Timnah: then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave drawn to Shicron, and passed along to anto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; Or an inheritance. and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day; because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. CHAP. XV. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof: this is the coast of the children of Judah round about, according to their families. 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their fami- 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons lies; even to the border of Edom, the wil- of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talderness of Zin southward was the utter-mai, the children of Anak. most part of the south coast. 15 And he went up thence to the inha2 And their south border was from the bitants of Debir: and the name of Debir shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: before was Kirjath-sepher. 16¶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18 And it came to pass, as she came 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, unto him, that she moved him to ask of her and went out unto the river of Egypt; and father a field. And she lighted off her ass; the goings out of that coast were at the and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest sea: this shall be your south coast. thou? 5 And the east border was the salt-sea, 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; even unto the end of Jordan: and their for thou hast given me a south land, give border in the north quarter was from the me also springs of water. And he gave her bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of the upper springs, and the nether springs. Jordan: 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, the children of Judah according to their faand passed along by the north of Beth-ara-milies. bah; and the border went up to the stone 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of Bohan the son of Reuben :" of the children of Judah toward the coast The cities of Judah. JOSHUA. The lot of the sons of Joseph. of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and| Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26 Aman, and Shema, and Moladah, 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: 60 Kirjath-baal, (which is Kirjath-jearim,) and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. 63 ¶ As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. CHAP. XVI. 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zo-AND the lot of the children of Joseph reah, and Ashnah, fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho, on the east, to the wilder 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tap-ness that goeth up from Jericho throughout puah, and Enam, 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, and mount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi and to Ataroth, 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 5 And the border of the children of 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Ephraim according to their families was Kithlish, thus: even the border of their inheritance 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naa- on the east side was Ataroth-adar, unto mah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with Beth-horon the upper; their villages: 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and zib, 6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and Ne- the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all 8 The border went out from Tappuah that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: westward unto the river Kanah; and the 47 Ashdod, with her towns and her vil-goings out thereof were at the sea. This lages; Gaza, with her towns and her vil is the inheritance of the tribe of the chillages, unto the river of Egypt, and the dren of Ephraim by their families. great sea, and the border thereof: 9 And the separate cities for the chil48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and dren of Ephraim were among the inheritJattir, and Socoh, ance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. CHAP. XVII. HERE was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the first-born of 54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, (which is Hebron,) and Zior; nine cities with Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because their villages: he was a man of war, therefore he had 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, Gilead and Bashan. The lot of Manasseh. CHAP. XVIII. The tabernacle set up. 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the me but one lot and one portion to inherit, children of Manasseh by their families; for seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the children of Abiezer, and for the chil- the LORD hath blessed me hitherto ? dren of Helek, and for the children of As- 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou riel, and for the children of Shechem, and be a great people, then get thee up to the for the children of Hepher, and for the wood-country, and cut down for thyself children of Shemida: these were the male there in the land of the Perizzites and of children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by the giants, if mount Ephraim be too nartheir families. row for thee. 3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, 16 And the children of Joseph said, The the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the hill is not enough for us: and all the Cason of Manasseh, had no sons, but daugh- naanites that dwell in the land of the valley ters: and these are the names of his daugh- have chariots of iron, both they who are of ters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, Beth-shean and her towns, and they who and Tirzah. are of the valley of Jezreel. 4 And they came near before Eleazar 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of the priest, and before Joshua the son of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, Nun, and before the princes, saying, The saying, Thou art a great people, and hast LORD Commanded Moses to give us an in- great power: thou shalt not have one lot heritance among our brethren: therefore only: according to the commandment of the LORD 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for he gave them an inheritance among the it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: brethren of their father. and the out-goings of it shall be thine: for 5 And there fell ten portions to Manas- thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though seh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, they have iron chariots, and though they which were on the other side Jordan; be strong. 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh CHAP. XVIII. had an inheritance among his sons: and Ahildren of Israel assembled together ND whole congregation of the the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the 7¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from congregation there: and the land was subAsher to Michmethah, that lieth before dued before them. Shechem; and the border went along_on 2 ¶ And there remained among the chilthe right hand unto the inhabitants of En-dren of Israel seven tribes, which had not tappuah. yet received their inheritance. 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tap- 3 And Joshua said unto the children of puah but Tappuah on the border of Ma- Israel, How long are ye slack to go to posnasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim: sess the land which the LORD God of your 9 And the coast descended unto the fathers hath given you? river Kanah, southward of the river. These cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them, and they shall come again to me. 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and 5 And they shall divide it into seven northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea parts: Judah shall abide in their coasts on is his border; and they met together in the south, and the house of Joseph shall Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the abide in their coasts on the north. cast. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and into seven parts, and bring the description in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and hither to me, that I may cast lots for you Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants here before the LORD our God. of Dor and her towns, and the inbabitants 7 But the Levites have no part among of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabit- you; for the priesthood of the LORD is ants of Taanach and her towns, and the their inheritance. And Gad, and Reuben, inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even and half the tribe of Manasseh, have receivthree countries. ed their inheritance beyond Jordan on the 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could east, which Moses the servant of the LORD not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; gave them. but the Canaanites would dwell in that 8 And the men arose, and went away: Land. and Joshua charged them that went to de 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children scribe the land, saying, Go, and walk of Israel were waxen strong, that they put through the land, and describe it, and come the Canaanites to tribute; but did not ut- again to me, that I may here cast lots for terly drive them out. you before the LORD in Shiloh. 14 And the children of Joseph spake 9 And the men went and passed through unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given the land, and described it by cities into seven |
