Holman Christian Standard Bible

Joshua 19:44-51 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

44. Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

45. Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

46. Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory facing Joppa.

47. When the territory of the Danites slipped out of their control, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and struck it down with the sword. So they took possession of it, lived there, and renamed Leshem after their ancestor Dan.

48. This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.

49. When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them.

50. By the Lord’s command, they gave him the city Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, which he requested. He rebuilt the city and lived in it.

51. These were the portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.