Joshua 19

Evangelical Heritage Version

Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, ³ Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, ⁶ Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities and their villages.^[a]

⁷ Also Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities and their villages.

⁸ All the villages that are around these cities, as far as Baalath Be’er (which is Ramah of the Negev).

The border of their inheritance reaches as far as Sarid.

¹¹ Their border ascends toward the west to Maralah and touches Dabbesheth.

Then it touches the streambed that is next to Jokneam.

¹² Then it turns from Sarid eastward toward the rising of the sun on the border of Kisloth Tabor. Then it goes out to Daberath and ascends to Japhia.

¹³ From there it passes on the east, along the side that is toward the sunrise, to Gath Hepher, to Eth Kazin, and goes out to Rimmon, which is marked off to Neah.^[b]

¹⁴ Then the border curves around it on the north to Hannathon, and it ends at the Valley of Iphtah El, ¹⁵ Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities and their villages.^[c]

¹⁸ Their territory extended to Jezre’el, Kesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.

²² The border touches Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh, and their border ends at the Jordan—sixteen cities and their villages.

²⁵ Their border enclosed Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, ²⁶ Allammelek, Amad, and Mishal, and it touches on Carmel on the west, and on Shihor Libnath.

²⁷ Then it turns on the east to Beth Dagon and touches the territory of Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, also Beth Emek, and Neiel.

Then it goes out to Kabul in the north, ²⁸ to Ebron,^[d] Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.

²⁹ Then the border turns toward Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre.

Then the border turns toward Hosah, and it ends at the sea.

It extends from Hebel^[e] to Akzib, ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two^[f] cities and their villages.

³³ Their border extends from Heleph, from the oak in Za’annim, past Adami Nekeb, and Jabne’el to Lakkum. It ends at the Jordan.

³⁴ Then the border turns west to Aznoth Tabor and goes out from there to Hukkok. It touches Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah^[g] at the Jordan on the east.

³⁵ The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinneret, ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷ Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, ³⁸ Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh—nineteen cities and their villages.^[h]

⁴¹ The territory of their inheritance includes Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, ⁴² Sha’alabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me Yarkon, and Rakkon, with the border close to Joppa.