12. The Mediterranean Sea was the western border. So the land of Judah was inside these four borders. The families of Judah lived in this area.
13. The Lord had commanded Joshua to give Caleb son of Jephunneh part of the land in Judah. So Joshua gave Caleb the land God had commanded. Joshua gave him the town of Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
14. Caleb forced the three Anakite families living in Hebron to leave there. Those families were Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. They were from the family of Anak.
15. Then Caleb fought against the people living in Debir. (In the past, Debir was also called Kiriath Sepher.)
16. Caleb said, “I will give my daughter in marriage to the man who attacks and conquers Kiriath Sepher.”
17. Othniel was the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz. Othniel defeated that city, so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife.
18. Acsah went to live with Othniel. Othniel told Acsah to ask her father Caleb for some more land. Acsah went to her father. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
19. Acsah answered, “Give me a blessing. You gave me dry desert land in the Negev. Please give me some land with water on it.” So Caleb gave her what she wanted. He gave her the upper and lower pools of water in that land.
20. The tribe of Judah got the land that God promised them. Each family group got part of the land.
21. The tribe of Judah got all the towns in the southern part of the Negev. These towns were near the border of Edom. Here is a list of the towns: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22. Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,