Joshua 15:9

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and the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim);

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The Twelve Tribes of IsraelCanaan divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after the conquest under Joshua.

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Joshua 15:9 traces Judah’s northern boundary from the waters of Nephtoah toward Mount Ephron and Baalah (Kiriath-jearim), using recognizable springs, ridges, valleys, and towns. The wider place list belongs to Judah’s territorial allotment, underscoring the concrete inheritance Israel received under God’s covenant provision.

Places in this passage

Joshua 15:9 mentions Achzib, Adadah, Adullam, Adummim, Akrabbim, Anab, Anim, Arab, Ashdod, Ashnah, Azekah, Azmon, Baalah, Beersheba, Beth-anoth, Beth-hoglah, Beth-shemesh, Beth-tappuah, Beth-zur, Brook of Egypt, Carmel, Chesalon, Chesil, Debir, Dumah, Edom, Eglon, Ekron, Engedi, En-rogel, En-shemesh, Eshtemoa, Ether, Ezem, Gaza, Gederah, Gederothaim, Gedor, Great Sea, Gulloth-mayim, Hadashah, Halhul, Hazor, Hebron, Heshmon, Hezron, Humtah, Iim, Jabneel, Jagur, Jarmuth, Jattir, Jebus, Jerusalem, Jezreel, Joktheel, Jordan, Juttah, Kadesh-barnea, Kain, Karka, Keilah, Kiriath-jearim, Lachish, Lebaoth, Lower Gulloth, Madmannah, Maon, Mareshah, Mount Baalah, Mount Ephron, Mount Jearim, Naamah, Negeb, Nephtoah, Nezib, Salt Sea, Sansannah, Shephelah, Shikkeron, Shilhim, Socoh, Socoh, Timnah, Timnah, Upper Gulloth, Valley of Achor, Valley of Hinnom, Valley of Rephaim, Zanoah, Zenan, Ziklag, Zin, Zin, Ziph and Zorah.