12. The Mediterranean Sea was the western border. Inside these borders lived the family groups of Judah.
13. The Lord had commanded Joshua to give Caleb son of Jephunneh part of the land in Judah. So he gave Caleb the land God had commanded. He gave him the town of Kiriath Arba, also called Hebron. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
14. Caleb forced out the three Anakite families living in Hebron. Those families were Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai. They were descendants of Anak.
15. Then he fought against the people living in Debir. (In the past Debir had been called Kiriath Sepher.)
16. Caleb said, “I want a man to attack and capture Kiriath Sepher. I will give him Acsah, my daughter, as a wife.”
17. Othniel son of Kenaz defeated the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife.
18. Acsah wanted Othniel to ask her father Caleb for more land.So Acsah went to her father. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
19. Acsah answered, “I would like a special favor. The land you gave me is very dry. So also give me land with springs of water on it.”So Caleb gave her land with springs of water on the upper and lower part of it.
20. The tribe of Judah got the land God had promised them. Each family group got part of the land.
21. The tribe of Judah got all the towns in the southern part of Canaan. These towns were near the border of Edom. Here is a list of the towns: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22. Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,
23. Kedesh, Hazor and Ithnan;
24. Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,