9. From there it went to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah. Then it went to the cities near Mount Ephron. There it turned and went toward Baalah. (Baalah is also called Kiriath Jearim.)
10. At Baalah the border turned west and went toward Mount Edom. It continued along the north side of Mount Jearim (also called Kesalon) and came to Beth Shemesh. From there it went past Timnah.
11. Then it went to the hill north of Ekron. From there it turned toward Shikkeron and went past Mount Baalah. It continued on to Jabneel and ended at the sea.
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.