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fore Israel, and slew them with a great CHRIST, slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.

11 And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, and were in the des- Is. 28. 21. cent to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them to Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

12 ¶ Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, 2 stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

2 Heb. be silent.

13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had aveng-3or, the uped themselves upon their enemies. Is right. not this written in the book of 3 Jasher ? 2 Sam. 1.18.

So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

14 And there was no day like that be

fore it or after it, that the LORD heark

ened to the voice of a man: for the LORD 4 Heb. cut fought for Israel.

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And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

off the tail.

d Deut.21.23. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones c. 8. 29. upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

19 And stay you not, but pursue your enemies, and 4 smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest who remained of them entered into fortified cities.

21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings to me out of the cave.

23 And they did so, and brought those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings, And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

25 And Joshua said to them, Fear not, c. 6. 21. nor be dismayed, be strong and of good

courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

27 And it came to pass at the time of the setting of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they a took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had been hid, and laid great stones upon the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

28 And that day Joshua took Mak kedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were in it; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

30 And the LORD delivered it also, and its king, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it; he let none remain in it; but did to the king of it as he did to the king of Jericho.

31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

34 ¶ And from Lachish Joshua passed to Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:

35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it:

37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and its king, and all its cities, and all the souls that were in them; he left none remaining (according to all that he had done to Eglon) but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were in it.

38 ¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:

39 And he took it, and its king, and all its cities, and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were in them; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.

40 ¶ So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel ƒ commanded.

41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.

42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp in Gilgal. CHAP. XI.

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Deut. 20. 16. 17.

Heb. assembled by appoint. ment.

5,8 Divers kings overcome at the waters of 2 or, Zidon.
Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 rabbah.
All the country taken by Joshua. 21 The An-

akims cut off.

AND it came to pass, when Jabin ring 3or, salt

Heb. burn ings of wa.

ters.

of Hazor had heard those things, pits. that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king Achshaph, 4 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Cinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 3 And to the Canaanite on the east 5 Heb. any and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, many people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very

numerous.

breath.

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Deut. 7.2.
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5 And when all these kings were 1 met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight Heb. on against Israel.

6¶ And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to-morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

their heap.

and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, aas Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

13 But as for the cities that stood still 6 in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves: but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: 7 he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

17 Even from 8 the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even to Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they 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 favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

21 ¶ And at that time came Joshua and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from b Ex. 34. 11. Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

22 There was none of the Anakims

7 So Joshua came, and all the people Deut. 7.2. left in the land of the children of Israel: of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fell upon them.

7 Heb. he
removed

8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and nothing. chased them to 2 great Zidon, and to 3| 4 Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, 8 or, the until they left to them none remaining.

9 And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

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mountain.

Num. 26.

53.

10 And Joshua at that time turned dc. 9. 3. back, and took Hazor, and smote its king with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not 5 any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with Num. 21. fire.

12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took,/

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non, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

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or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill. Deut. 3. 17. & 4. 49.

3 And from the plain to the sea of Cinneroth on the east, and to the sea of 1or, Teman. the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from 1 the south, under 26 Ashdoth-pisgah: 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, who was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites, and the Maacha-Deut. 3. 11. thites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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c. 13. 12.

d Num. 32.
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Deut. 3. 12.
c. 13. 8.

6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD, and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Ma-c. 11. 17. nasseh. fc. 6. 2. c. 8. 29.

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7 And these are the kings of the country whom Joshua and the children c. 10. 23. of Israel smote on this side of Jordan on c. 10. 33. the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of c. 10. 38. Lebanon, even to the mount Halak that c. 10. 29. goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave tom c. 10. 28. the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

9 The king of Jericho one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 10 h 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

3 or, Shar.

ron.

c. 11. 10.
Gen. 14. 1.

1 Heb. to
possess it.

of Gezer, one;

13 The king of Debir, one; the king

of Geder, one;

14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

2 or, the

15 The king of Libnah, one; the king cave. of Adullam, one;

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The king of Makkedah, one; the

king of Beth-el, one;

17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of 3 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 border of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

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14, 33 The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben. 22 Balaam is slain. 24 The bounds of the inheritance of Gad, 29 and of the half-tribe of Manassek.

OW Joshua was old and advanced

Nin years; and the LORD said to him, Thou art old and advanced in years, and there remaineth yet very much land 110 be possessed.

2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five 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 Canaanites, and 2 Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, to Aphek to the borders of the Amorites:

5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon towards the sun-rising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon to the entering into Hamath.

6 And the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot to the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, a which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

9 From Aroer that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;

10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to 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 to Salcah;

12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants. For these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maa13 Nevertheless, the children of Israel chathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

14 Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said to them.

15 And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance ac6 Deut. 3. 11. cording to their families.

c. 12. 4.

16 And their border was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon,

and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and 3 Bamoth-baal, and 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 4 Ashdothpisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

21 And all the cities of the plain, and

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all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Deut. 3. 17. side of Jordan: but to the Levites he gave Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smoted with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

4 or, springs
of Pisgah,
or, the hill.

22 ¶ Balaam also the son of Beor, the 5 soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that & Num. 31.8. were slain by them.

23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and its border. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the eities and their villages.

24 And Moses gave inheritance to the tribe of Gad, even to the children of Gad according to their families.

25 And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah;

26 And from Heshbon to Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and its border, even to the edge of the sea of Cinneroth, on the other side of Jordan eastward.

28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

29 And Moses gave inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

30 And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities:

5 or,

diviner.

Num. 32. 39.

c. 18. 7.

Num. 18. 20.

a Num. 34.

17.

Num. 26. 55. & 33. 54.

Num. 35. 2. c. 21. 2.

Num. 14.

24.

1 Heb.

31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining to the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, walked. even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

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32 These are the countries which Moses distributed for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward.

33 But to the tribe of Levi Moses c. 21. 12. gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.

CHAP. XIV.

1 The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot. 6 Caleb by privilege obtaineth Hebron.

c. 15. 13.

4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh. and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle, and for their substance.

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5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

6 T Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said to him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said to 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-barnea to explore the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.

8 Nevertheless, my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly a followed the LORD my God.

9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land on which thy feet have trodden shall be thy inheritance, and thy children's for ever; because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.

10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israeli wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day eighty five years old.

11 As yet I am as strong this day, as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

12 Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for thou hearedst in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fortified: if the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite to 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 Gen. 23. 19. great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

CHAP. XV. 1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 Caleb's portion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his valor hath Achsah Caleb's daughter to wife. 19 She obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The cities of Judah. 63 The Jebusites not conquered.

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Judah, according to the commandment
of the LORD to Joshua, even a 3 the city of
Arba the father of Anak, which city is
Hebron.

14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and

THIS then was the lot of the tribe of Num. 34.3. Talmai, the children of Anak.

the children of Judah by their fam

ilies; a even to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south border.

2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the 1 bay that looketh southward:

3 And it went out to the south side to 2 Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended on the south side to Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

b Num. 33.
36.

tongue.

4 From thence it passed towards Az-1 Heb. mon, and went out to the river of Egypt; and the limits of that border were at the sea: this shall be your south limit.

5 And the east border was the salt-sea, even to the end of Jordan: and their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of Jor-2

dan:

6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

7 And the border went up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward looking towards Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim,| which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed towards the waters of En-shemesh, and the borders of it were at ⚫ En-rogel :

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or, the going up to Acrabbim.

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8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom, to the south d c. 14. 15. side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusa

lem and the border went up to the top

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of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

arba.

9 And the border was drawn from the 3or, Kirjathtop of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border] was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and Judg. 1. 10. passed along to the side of mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

11 And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shieron, and passed along to Judg. 1. 12. mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the terminations of the border were at the sea.

12 And the west border was to the great sea, and its coast: this is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.

13 And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of

4 or, or.

15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter for a wife.

17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.

18 And it came to pass, as she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field. And she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said to her, What wouldst thou?

19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah towards the border 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 Ziglag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, 4 and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:

37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,

38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahman, and Kithlish,

41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

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