This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of
Judah, according to their families.
] The general description of which is given in the preceding part
of the chapter, as the particular cities belonging to it are
enumerated in the following part; the account of the gift of
Hebron to Caleb, and the taking of Debir by Othniel, with the
request of Achsah, and the grant of it, are inserted between
them, and stand as it were in a parenthesis.