Judges 1:8-15
New American Standard Bible
8 Then the sons of Judah fought against (A)Jerusalem and captured it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 Afterward, the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, and in the [a]Negev, and in the lowland. 10 (B)So Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron was previously Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Capture of Other Cities
11 Then (C)from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir was previously Kiriath-sepher). 12 And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.” 13 Now (D)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife. 14 Then (E)it happened that when she came to him, she incited him to ask her father for a field. Then later, she dismounted from [b]her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What [c]do you want?” 15 She said to him, “Give me a blessing: since you have given me the land of the [d]Negev, give me springs of water also.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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- Judges 1:9 I.e., South country
- Judges 1:14 Lit the
- Judges 1:14 Lit to you, an ancient idiom
- Judges 1:15 I.e., South country
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