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The border went from the valley of Achor to Debir.[a] Then it went north to Gilgal. Gilgal is opposite the Adummim hill, on the south side of the valley. Then it reached the springs of En Shemesh to En Rogel. From there it went through the valley of Hinnom to the south side of a hill beside the Jebusite city of Jerusalem. Judah's border then continued to the top of the hill on the west side of the Hinnom valley. This was at the north end of the valley of the Rephaites. From there it went to the springs of Nephtoah and onto the cities near Mount Ephron. It went towards Baalah (also called Kiriath-Jearim).

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  1. 15:7 Achan and his family had died in the valley of Achor. They had taken things from Jericho. But God had said that they must destroy those things (Joshua 7:24). So the valley was called ‘Trouble Valley’.

The boundary then went up to Debir(A) from the Valley of Achor(B) and turned north to Gilgal,(C) which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh(D) and came out at En Rogel.(E) Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom(F) along the southern slope of the Jebusite(G) city (that is, Jerusalem(H)). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley(I) at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.(J) From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah,(K) came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah(L) (that is, Kiriath Jearim).(M)

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