Joshua 15:21-62

Joshua 15:21-62

[21] And the uttermost  cities  of the tribe  of the children  of Judah  toward the coast  of Edom  southward  were Kabzeel,  and Eder,  and Jagur,  [22] And Kinah,  and Dimonah,  and Adadah,  [23] And Kedesh,  and Hazor,  and Ithnan,  [24] Ziph,  and Telem,  and Bealoth,  [25] And Hazor,  Hadattah,  and Kerioth,  and Hezron,  which is Hazor,  [26] Amam,  and Shema,  and Moladah,  [27] And Hazargaddah,  and Heshmon,  and Bethpalet,  [28] And Hazarshual,  and Beersheba,  and Bizjothjah,  [29] Baalah,  and Iim,  and Azem,  [30] And Eltolad,  and Chesil,  and Hormah,  [31] And Ziklag,  and Madmannah,  and Sansannah,  [32] And Lebaoth,  and Shilhim,  and Ain,  and Rimmon:  all the cities  are twenty  and nine,  with their villages:  [33] And in the valley,  Eshtaol,  and Zoreah,  and Ashnah,  [34] And Zanoah,  and Engannim,  Tappuah,  and Enam,  [35] Jarmuth,  and Adullam,  Socoh,  and Azekah,  [36] And Sharaim,  and Adithaim,  and Gederah,  and Gederothaim;  fourteen  cities  with their villages:  [37] Zenan,  and Hadashah,  and Migdalgad,  [38] And Dilean,  and Mizpeh,  and Joktheel,  [39] Lachish,  and Bozkath,  and Eglon,  [40] And Cabbon,  and Lahmam,  and Kithlish,  [41] And Gederoth,  Bethdagon,  and Naamah,  and Makkedah;  sixteen  cities  with their villages:  [42] Libnah,  and Ether,  and Ashan,  [43] And Jiphtah,  and Ashnah,  and Nezib,  [44] And Keilah,  and Achzib,  and Mareshah;  nine  cities  with their villages:  [45] Ekron,  with her towns  and her villages:  [46] From Ekron  even unto the sea,  all that lay near  Ashdod,  with their villages:  [47] Ashdod  with her towns  and her villages,  Gaza  with her towns  and her villages,  unto the river  of Egypt,  sea,  and the border  thereof: [48] And in the mountains,  Shamir,  and Jattir,  and Socoh,  [49] And Dannah,  and Kirjathsannah,  which is Debir,  [50] And Anab,  and Eshtemoh,  and Anim,  [51] And Goshen,  and Holon,  and Giloh;  eleven  cities  with their villages:  [52] Arab,  and Dumah,  and Eshean,  [53] And Janum,  and Bethtappuah,  and Aphekah,  [54] And Humtah,  and Kirjatharba,  which is Hebron,  and Zior;  nine  cities  with their villages:  [55] Maon,  Carmel,  and Ziph,  and Juttah,  [56] And Jezreel,  and Jokdeam,  and Zanoah,  [57] Cain,  Gibeah,  and Timnah;  ten  cities  with their villages:  [58] Halhul,  Bethzur,  and Gedor,  [59] And Maarath,  and Bethanoth,  and Eltekon;  six  cities  with their villages:  [60] Kirjathbaal,  which is Kirjathjearim,  and Rabbah;  two  cities  with their villages:  [61] In the wilderness,  Betharabah,  Middin,  and Secacah,  [62] And Nibshan,  and the city of Salt,  and Engedi;  six  cities  with their villages. 

What does Joshua 15:21-62 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The writer grouped the towns in Judah according to that tribe"s four districts. This part of Canaan contained four distinct regions: the southern Negev, the lowland plain (Shephelah), the mountains (hill country), and the desert.