Joshua 15
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So this was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: a The border of Edom at the b Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary.
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And their c southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
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Then it went out to the southern side of d the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa.
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From there it passed e toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.
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The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the f border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
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The border went up to g Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up h to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Then the border went up toward i Debir from j the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at k En Rogel.
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And the border went up l by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the m Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley n of Rephaim northward.
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Then the border went around from the top of the hill to o the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around p to Baalah (which is q Kirjath Jearim).
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Then the border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to r Timnah.
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And the border went out to the side of s Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.
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The west border was t the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.
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u Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of v Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely, w Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
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Caleb drove out x the three sons of Anak from there: y Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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Then z he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).
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a And Caleb said, "He who attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife."
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So b Othniel the c son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him d Achsah his daughter as wife.
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e Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So f she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?"
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She answered, "Give me a g blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:
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The cities at the limits of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the South, were Kabzeel, h Eder, Jagur,
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Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
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Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
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i Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
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Hazor, Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (which is Hazor),
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Amam, Shema, Moladah,
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Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
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Hazar Shual, j Beersheba, Bizjothjah,
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Baalah, Ijim, Ezem,
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Eltolad, Chesil, k Hormah,
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l Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
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Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and m Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
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In the lowland: n Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
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Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
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Jarmuth, o Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
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Sharaim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages;
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Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
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Dilean, Mizpah, p Joktheel,
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q Lachish, Bozkath, r Eglon,
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Cabbon, Lahmas, Kithlish,
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Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages;
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s Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
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Jiphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
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Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages;
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Ekron, with its towns and villages;
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from Ekron to the sea, all that lay near t Ashdod, with their villages;
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Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages - as far as u the Brook of Egypt and v the Great Sea with its coastline.
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And in the mountain country: Shamir, Jattir, Sochoh,
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Dannah, Kirjath Sannah (which is Debir),
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Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
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w Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages;
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Arab, Dumah, Eshean,
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Janum, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,
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Humtah, x Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages;
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y Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
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Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
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Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages;
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Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
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Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages;
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z Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim) and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.
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In the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
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Nibshan, the City of Salt, and a En Gedi: six cities with their villages.
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As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, b the children of Judah could not drive them out; c but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
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Numbers 34:3
Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea.
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Numbers 33:36
They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
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Numbers 34:3
Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea.
Numbers 34:4
Your border shall turn from the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon.
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Numbers 34:4
Your border shall turn from the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon.
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Numbers 34:5
The border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.
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Joshua 18:15 - 19
The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
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Joshua 18:19
And the border passed along to the north side of Beth Hoglah; then the border ended at the north bay at the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.
Joshua 18:21
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz.
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Joshua 18:17
And it went around from the north, went out to En Shemesh, and extended toward Geliloth, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Joshua 13:26
And from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir.
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Joshua 7:26
Then they raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day.
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2 Samuel 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a female servant would come and tell them, and they would go and tell King David.
1 Kings 1:9
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En Rogel; he also invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
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Joshua 18:16
Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to En Rogel.
2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
Jeremiah 19:2
And go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you.
Jeremiah 19:6
Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that this place shall no more be called Tophet or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
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Joshua 15:63
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 to this day.
Joshua 18:28
Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Judges 1:21
But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
Judges 19:10
However, the man was not willing to spend that night; so he rose and departed, and came to opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). With him were the two saddled donkeys; his concubine was also with him.
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Joshua 18:16
Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to En Rogel.
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Joshua 18:15
The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
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1 Chronicles 13:6
And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, where His name is proclaimed.
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Judges 18:12
Then they went up and encamped in Kirjath Jearim in Judah. (Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. There it is, west of Kirjath Jearim.)
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Genesis 38:13
And it was told Tamar, saying, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
Judges 14:1
Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
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Joshua 19:43
Elon, Timnah, Ekron.
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Numbers 34:6
As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.
Numbers 34:7
And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to Mount Hor.
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod with its towns and villages, Gaza with its towns and villages - as far as the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea with its coastline.
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Joshua 14:13
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
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Numbers 13:6
From the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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Joshua 14:15
And the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim). Then the land had rest from war.
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Judges 1:10
Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron. (Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Judges 1:20
And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said. Then he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.
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Numbers 13:22
And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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Joshua 10:38
Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and they fought against it.
Judges 1:11
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)
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Judges 1:12
Then Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.
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Judges 1:13
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.
Judges 3:9
When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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Numbers 32:12
'except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
Joshua 14:6
Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.
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Judges 1:12
Then Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.
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Judges 1:14
Now it happened, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?
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Genesis 24:64
Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from her camel.
1 Samuel 25:23
Now when Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.
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Genesis 33:11
Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." So he urged him, and he took it.
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Genesis 35:21
Then Israel journeyed and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
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1 Samuel 23:14
And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in the mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
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Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
Joshua 19:2
They had in their inheritance Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah.
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Joshua 19:4
Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah.
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Joshua 19:5
Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah.
1 Samuel 27:6
So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
1 Samuel 30:1
Now it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire.
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Judges 20:45
Then they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.
Judges 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months.
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Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges 16:31
And his brothers and all his father's household came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.
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1 Samuel 22:1
David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
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2 Kings 14:7
He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.
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2 Kings 14:19
And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
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Joshua 10:3
Therefore AdoniZe'dek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying.
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Joshua 21:13
Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land.
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Joshua 11:22
None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.
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Joshua 15:4
From there it passed toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.
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Numbers 34:6
As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.
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Joshua 10:41
And Joshua conquered them from Kadesh Barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even as far as Gibeon.
Joshua 11:16
Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountain country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan plain - the mountains of Israel and its lowlands.
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Joshua 14:15
And the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim). Then the land had rest from war.
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1 Samuel 23:24
So they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
1 Samuel 23:25
When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.
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Joshua 18:14
Then the border extended around the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west side.
1 Samuel 7:1
Then the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
1 Samuel 7:2
So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim a long time; it was there twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
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1 Samuel 23:29
Then David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at En Gedi.
Ezekiel 47:10
It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.
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Judges 1:8
Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
Judges 1:21
But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
2 Samuel 5:6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you," thinking, "David cannot come in here.
1 Chronicles 11:4
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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Judges 1:21
But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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