'Nine' in the Bible

by lot, just as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine tribes and the half-tribe,

Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah, for a total of nine cities and villages.

Humtah, Kiriath-arba (also known as Hebron), and Zior, for a total of nine cities and villages.

Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands, for a total of nine cities from these two tribes.