¹⁵ The sons of ^(A)Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was ^[a]Kenaz.

^6 (A)from the tribe of Judah, ^(B)Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir^(A)

^13 (B)Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of ^(C)Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, ^(D)Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). ¹⁴ Caleb drove out ^(E)the three sons of Anak from there: ^(F)Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ¹⁵ Then ^(G)he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).

^16 (H)And Caleb said, “He who ^[a]attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.” ¹⁷ So ^(I)Othniel the ^(J)son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him ^(K)Achsah his daughter as wife. ^18 (L)Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So ^(M)she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?” ¹⁹ She answered, “Give me a ^(N)blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The Cities of Judah

²⁰ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

Caleb Inherits Hebron

⁶ Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ^(A)Kenizzite said to him: “You know ^(B)the word which the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning ^(C)you and me in Kadesh Barnea. ⁷ I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord ^(D)sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. ⁸ Nevertheless ^(E)my brethren who went up with me made the ^[a]heart of the people melt, but I wholly ^(F)followed the Lord my God. ⁹ So Moses swore on that day, saying, ^(G)‘Surely the land ^(H)where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ ¹⁰ And now, behold, the Lord has kept me ^(I)alive, ^(J)as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel ^[b]wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. ^11 (K)As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both ^(L)for going out and for coming in. ¹² Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how ^(M)the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. ^(N)It may be that the Lord will be with me, and ^(O)I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said.”

¹³ And Joshua ^(P)blessed him, ^(Q)and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. ^14 (R)Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he ^(S)wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.

^30 (A)Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I ^[a]swore I would make you dwell in.

²⁴ But My servant ^(A)Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and ^(B)has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.

⁶ But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; ⁷ and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: ^(A)“The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. ⁸ If the Lord ^(B)delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ^(C)‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’ ⁹ Only ^(D)do not rebel against the Lord, ^(E)nor fear the people of the land, for ^(F)they^[a] are our bread; their protection has departed from them, ^(G)and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”

^10 (H)And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now ^(I)the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.

³⁰ Then ^(A)Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

^12 (A)Then Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.” ¹³ And Othniel the son of Kenaz, ^(B)Caleb’s younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife. ^14 (C)Now it happened, when she came to him, that ^[a]she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?”