Jos. 15: Judah Gets Hooked UP

Joshua 15:42 "...Libnah, Ether, Ashan..."

Judah gets hooked up with so much land here. The boundaries of the land make me think it's huge. Basically everything west of the Jordan, down to Egypt, and back up the Mediterranean coast. Why do they get so much land? I looked back at the census, and found that Judah had the most people. And the land was alotted by population, if memory serves.

Anyway...lots of towns are inherited...taken over...delivered to (whatever) Judah.

29 towns in the south, 17 in the western foothills, 38 in the hill country, and 6 in the desert. Jerusalem was to belong to Judah as well, but the Bible says here that Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites from Jerusalem, and they lived there together...which is not good. Probably. And the reason is that the Jebusites called on their God, Jebus. OK, so they didn't. I'm guessing Judah did or didn't do something they should/shouldn't have.

Also, there is mention of a little vignette with Caleb and his daughter. Caleb, since he was fiesty, probably needed a hubsband for his daughter, the luscious Acsah. "Whoever captures Debir gets her hand in marriage.: One guy, Othniel, does it. I don't know whether or not he knew about Caleb's promise, but he was the one who took the city, and he got the girl. She and Othniel asked Caleb for some springs to go with their new land. Women just have to accessorize, am I right?