Joshua 15:17

Othniel, the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, captured it. So Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.

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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

In Context

16Caleb declared, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah in marriage.”

18On the wedding day, Othniel induced her to ask her father for a tract of land as her dowry. So she alighted from her donkey, and when Caleb asked her what she wanted,

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Matthew Henry on Joshua 15:14-20

Caleb's Inheritance. ( b. c. 1444.) 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him… Read the whole commentary →

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