Joshua 15:56-59

Contemporary English Version

^55-57The eighth region was located in the southeastern part of the hill country, and it had the following ten towns with their surrounding villages:

Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel,^[a] Jokdeam,^[b] Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah,^[c] and Timnah.

^58-59The ninth region was located in the central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following six towns with their surrounding villages:

Halhul, Beth-Zur, Gedor, Maarath, Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon.

The tenth region was located in the north-central part of Judah's hill country, and it had the following eleven towns with their surrounding villages:

Tekoa, Ephrath, which is also called Bethlehem, Peor, Etam, Culon, Tatam, Shoresh, Kerem, Gallim, Bether, and Manahath.^[d]

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Footnotes

15.55-57 Jezreel: Not the same Jezreel as in 19.17-23.
15.55-57 Jokdeam: Hebrew; one ancient translation “Jorkeam.”
15.55-57 Gibeah: Not the same Gibeah as in 18.25-28.
15.58,59 The tenth region … Manahath: One ancient translation; the Hebrew text does not have these words.