Joshua 15
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The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward h to the boundary of Edom, to i the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south.
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And their south boundary ran from the end of the h Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
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It goes out southward of j the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka,
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passes along to Azmon, goes out by k the Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary.
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And the east boundary is the h Salt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
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And the boundary goes up to l Beth-hoglah and passes along north of m Beth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to n the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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And the boundary goes up to Debir from o the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite p the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of p En-shemesh and ends at q En-rogel.
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Then the boundary goes up by r the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( s that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley t of Rephaim.
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Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain u to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ( v that is, Kiriath-jearim).
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And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to w Beth-shemesh and passes along by x Timnah.
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The boundary goes out y to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount z Baalah and goes out to Jabneel. Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea.
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And the west boundary was a the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.
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According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, b Kiriath-arba, that is, b Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
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And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, c Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
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And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. d Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.
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And Caleb said, "Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."
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e And Othniel the son of Kenaz, f the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
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When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"
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She said to him, "Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water." And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans.
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The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, g Eder, Jagur,
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Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
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Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
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h Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
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Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
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Amam, Shema, Moladah,
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Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,
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Hazar-shual, i Beersheba, Biziothiah,
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Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
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Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
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j Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
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Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.
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And in the lowland, k Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
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Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
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l Jarmuth, m Adullam, n Socoh, n Azekah,
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Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.
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Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
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Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
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o Lachish, Bozkath, p Eglon,
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Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,
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Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and q Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.
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r Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
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Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
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s Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.
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t Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
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from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
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t Ashdod, its towns and its villages; t Gaza, its towns and its villages; to u the Brook of Egypt, and v the Great Sea with its coastline.
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And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
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Dannah, Kiriath-sannah ( w that is, Debir),
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Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
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x Goshen, Holon, and y Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.
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Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
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Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
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Humtah, z Kiriath-arba (that is, z Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.
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a Maon, a Carmel, b Ziph, Juttah,
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Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
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Kain, Gibeah, and c 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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d Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.
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In the wilderness, e Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
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Nibshan, the City of Salt, and f Engedi: six cities with their villages.
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But the g Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, h the people of Judah could not drive out, h so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
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Numbers 34:3
Your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.
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Numbers 33:36
And they set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).
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Joshua 15:1
The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south.
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Numbers 34:4
And your border shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.
Judges 1:36
And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
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Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coastline.
Numbers 34:5
And the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.
Joshua 13:3
(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
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Joshua 15:1
The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south.
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Joshua 18:19
Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.
Joshua 18:21
Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz.
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Joshua 18:18
And passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah.
Joshua 18:22
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel.
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Joshua 18:17
Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Joshua 7:26
And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.
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Joshua 18:17
Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Joshua 18:17
Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Joshua 18:16
Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel.
2 Samuel 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.
1 Kings 1:9
Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent's Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah.
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Joshua 18:16
Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel.
2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech.
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Joshua 15:63
But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
Joshua 18:28
Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim - fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
Judges 19:10
But the man would not spend the night. He rose up and departed and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his concubine was with him.
1 Chronicles 11:4
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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Joshua 18:16
Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel.
Joshua 12:4
And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
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Joshua 18:15
And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron, to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
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Joshua 15:60
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.
1 Chronicles 13:6
And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord who sits enthroned above the cherubim.
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1 Samuel 6:9
And watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence.
1 Samuel 6:12
And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
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Genesis 38:12 - 14
In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Judges 14:1
Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
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Joshua 13:3
(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
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Joshua 15:9
Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ( that is, Kiriath-jearim).
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Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coastline.
Joshua 23:4
Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.
Numbers 34:6 - 7
For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its coast. This shall be your western border.
Ezekiel 47:20
On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.
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Joshua 15:54
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.
Joshua 14:13 - 15
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
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Joshua 15:54
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.
Joshua 14:13 - 15
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
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Numbers 13:22
They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. ( Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Judges 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
Judges 1:20
And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said. And he drove out from it the three sons of Anak.
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Judges 1:11
From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.
Joshua 15:49
Dannah, Kiriath-sannah ( that is, Debir).
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Judges 1:13
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
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Joshua 14:6
Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me.
Joshua 14:13
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
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Genesis 35:21
Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
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1 Samuel 23:14 - 15
And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
1 Samuel 23:19
Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?
1 Samuel 23:24
And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
1 Samuel 26:1 - 2
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?
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Genesis 21:31
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
Genesis 26:23
From there he went up to Beersheba.
Genesis 26:33
He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
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1 Samuel 27:6
So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
1 Samuel 30:1
Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
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Numbers 13:23
And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs.
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Joshua 10:3
So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying.
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1 Samuel 22:1
David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
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1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
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1 Samuel 17:1
Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
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Joshua 10:3
So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying.
Joshua 10:31 - 32
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish and laid siege to it and fought against it.
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Joshua 10:3
So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying.
Joshua 10:36 - 37
Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron. And they fought against it
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Joshua 10:10
And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
Joshua 10:21
Then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. Not a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.
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Joshua 10:29 - 30
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
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1 Samuel 23:1 - 2
Now they told David, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.
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Joshua 13:3
(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
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Joshua 15:45
Ekron, with its towns and its villages.
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Joshua 15:45
Ekron, with its towns and its villages.
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Joshua 15:4
Passes along to Azmon, goes out by the Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary.
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Joshua 15:12
And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.
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Joshua 15:15
And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.
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Joshua 10:41
And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, as far as Gibeon.
Joshua 11:16
So Joshua took all that land, the hill country and all the Negeb and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland
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2 Samuel 15:12
And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.
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Joshua 15:13
According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
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Joshua 15:13
According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
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1 Samuel 23:24 - 25
And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
1 Samuel 25:2
And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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1 Samuel 23:24 - 25
And they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
1 Samuel 25:2
And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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Joshua 15:24
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth.
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Joshua 15:10
And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh and passes along by Timnah.
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Joshua 15:9
Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ( that is, Kiriath-jearim).
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Joshua 15:6
And the boundary goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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1 Samuel 23:29
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.
1 Samuel 24:1
When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
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Joshua 15:8
Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
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Judges 1:8
And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
Judges 1:21
But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived with the people 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 said to David, "You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off" - thinking, "David cannot come in here.
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Judges 1:8
And the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
Judges 1:21
But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived with the people 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 said to David, "You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off" - thinking, "David cannot come in here.
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