Joshua 15:19-32
Contemporary English Version
19 She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so I really need some spring-fed ponds[a] for a water supply.”
Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds, named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.[b]
Towns in Judah's Land
20 The following is a list of the towns in each region given to the Judah clans:
21-32 The first region was located in the Southern Desert along the border with Edom, and it had the following 29 towns with their surrounding villages:
Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah,[c] Kedesh, Hazor of Ithnan,[d] Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron, which is also called Hazor, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages,[e] Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, and Enrimmon.[f]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 15.19 spring-fed ponds: Or “wells.”
- 15.19 small ponds … Pond … Pond: Or “wells … Well … Well.”
- 15.21-32 Aradah: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 15.21-32 Hazor of Ithnan: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Hazor and Ithnan.”
- 15.21-32 its … villages: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Biziothiah.”
- 15.21-32 Enrimmon: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Ain and Rimmon.”
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