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Othniel, the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz, captured the city, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.
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On the wedding day Othniel urged her to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her what she wanted.
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She answered, "I want some water holes. The land you have given me is in the dry country." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
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This is the land that the families of the tribe of Judah received as their possession.
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The cities farthest south that belonged to them, those that were near the border of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
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Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
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Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
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Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (or Hazor),
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Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Bethpelet,
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Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
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Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
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Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
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Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: twenty-nine cities in all, along with the towns around them.
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The cities in the foothills were Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
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Zanoah, Engannim, Tappuah, Enam,
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Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
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Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities, along with the towns around them.
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There were also Zenan, Hadashah, Migdalgad,
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Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
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Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
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Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish,
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Gederoth, Bethdagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities, along with the towns around them.
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There were also Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
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Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
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Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities, along with the towns around them.
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There was Ekron with its towns and villages,
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and all the cities and towns near Ashdod, from Ekron to the Mediterranean Sea.
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There were Ashdod and Gaza, with their towns and villages, reaching to the stream on the border of Egypt and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.