The Shephelah Towns of Judahs Inheritance

Joshua 15:33-47 catalogs the Shephelah lowland towns of Judah's inheritance — the foothills between the central highland and the Philistine coastal plain. The list groups the fourteen cities of the first district around Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim. Further south the catalog lists the cities of the second Shephelah district around Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel, Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.

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