Joshua 15:13-19
New American Standard Bible
13 Now (A)he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion (B)among the sons of Judah, in accordance with the [a]command of the Lord to Joshua, namely, [b]Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron). 14 And (C)Caleb [c]drove out from there the three (D)sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 Then (E)he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir previously was Kiriath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, “The one who [d]attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, [e]I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.” 17 (F)Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife. 18 (G)And it happened that when she came to him, she incited him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 19 Then she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the [f]Negev, give me springs of water also.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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- Joshua 15:13 Lit mouth
- Joshua 15:13 I.e., the city of Arba
- Joshua 15:14 Or dispossessed them
- Joshua 15:16 Lit strikes
- Joshua 15:16 Lit and I
- Joshua 15:19 I.e., South country
Joshua 15:13-19
International Standard Version
Caleb’s Conquests(A)
13 Now Joshua[a] gave an allotment among the descendants of Judah to Jephunneh’s son Caleb, just as God told Joshua, Kiriath-arba, which was named after the[b] ancestor of Anak (that is, Hebron). 14 From there Caleb drove the three descendants of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai—the Anakim.[c] 15 Then he went up from there to attack the inhabitants of Debir. (Debir was formerly known as Kiriath-sepher.)
16 Then Caleb announced, “I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it.” 17 Othniel, the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, captured it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as his wife. 18 Sometime later, she came to Othniel[d] and persuaded him to ask her father for a field.
As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
19 She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev,[e] give me also some springs of water.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.
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- Joshua 15:13 Lit. he
- Joshua 15:13 The Heb. lacks which was named after the
- Joshua 15:14 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
- Joshua 15:18 The Heb. lacks to Othniel
- Joshua 15:19 I.e. the southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
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