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.