Joshua 15:16
Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
Cross References
Judges 1:6But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
1 Samuel 17:25The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house tax-free in Israel.”
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 →