Joshua 15:38-48

38 and Dil`an, and Mitzpeh, and Yokte'el,

39 Lakhish, and Botzkat, and `Eglon,

40 and Kabbon, and Lachmas, and Kitlish,

41 and Kederot, Beit-Dagon, and Na`amah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

42 Livna, and `Eter, and `Ashan,

43 and Yiftach, and Ashnah, and Netziv,

44 and Ke`ilah, and Akhziv, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

45 `Ekron, with its towns and its villages;

46 from `Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; `Aza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Mitzrayim, and the great sea, and the border [of it].

48 In the hill-country, Shamir, and Yattir, and Sokho,

Joshua 15:38-48 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 15

In this chapter are related the boundaries of the lot of the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:1-12; and the assignment of Hebron to Caleb, from whence he drove out the giants, and of Debir, which was taken by Othniel his brother, to whom, on that account, he gave his daughter in marriage, who made a further request to her father, which was granted, Jos 15:13-19; and then follows an account of the several cities by name, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:20-63.