Joshua 15:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The first region was in the Southern Desert along the border with Edom, and it had the following twenty-nine towns with their surrounding villages: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah, Dimonah, Aradah, Kedesh, Hazor of Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron, which is also called Hazor, Amam, Shema, Moladah, Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, Hazar-Shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages, Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, and Enrimmon.

Cross References

Genesis 35:21

Jacob, also known as Israel, travelled to the south of Eder Tower, where he set up camp.

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a brave man from Kabzeel who did some amazing things. He killed two of Moab's best fighters, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

1 Chronicles 4:28

Before David became king, the people of the Simeon tribe lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim.

Nehemiah 11:25

Some of the people of Judah lived in the following towns near their farms: Kiriath-Arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel,

Mark 3:8

and Jerusalem. People came from Idumea, as well as other places east of the River Jordan. They also came from the region around the cities of Tyre and Sidon. All these crowds came because they had heard what Jesus was doing.

Joshua 15:20

The following is a list of the towns in each region given to the Judah clans:

Joshua 19:1

Simeon was the second tribe chosen to receive land, and the region for its clans was inside Judah's borders.