Following the list of the 31 kings, we come to the part of the Book of Joshua which is the giving out of portions of the Land of Israel to the Israelites, both to the 9.5 tribes west of the Jordan, and the 2.5 tribes east of the Jordan.

Punctuating the long lists of towns and borders is the story of כלב בן יפנה receiving חברון as his land, a reward for his loyalty during חטא המרגלים, and a page later, 15:13-19, he offers his daughter עכסה to anyone who can conquer the city of קרית ספר.