Joshua 15:16

American Standard Version (1901)

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

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  • Judg 1:6 : 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
  • Judg 1:12-13 : 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 1:10-15
    6 verses
    98%

    10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

    11And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)

    12And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

    13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

    14And it came to pass, when she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

    15And she said unto him, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

  • Josh 15:17-19
    3 verses
    91%

    17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

    18And it came to pass, when she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?

    19And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

  • Josh 15:13-15
    3 verses
    82%

    13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).

    14And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

    15And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

  • 1 Chr 2:48-50
    3 verses
    77%

    48Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

    49She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

    50These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

  • 1 Chr 2:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

    19And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.

  • Josh 14:12-15
    4 verses
    73%

    12Now therefore give me this hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Jehovah spake.

    13And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

    14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel.

    15Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; [which Arba was] the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 21:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

    12But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

  • 1 Chr 6:56
    71%

    56but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

  • 1 Chr 2:46
    71%

    46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.

  • Judg 1:20
    70%

    20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

  • 1 Chr 7:15
    68%

    15and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

    38but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

  • Num 13:6
    68%

    6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

  • Deut 1:36
    68%

    36save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.

  • Judg 15:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

    2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

  • Josh 14:6
    67%

    6Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.

  • 1 Chr 2:42
    67%

    42And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 18:17
    67%

    17And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

  • Num 36:8
    67%

    8And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

  • Num 14:24
    67%

    24but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

  • Gen 11:29
    66%

    29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

  • Judg 14:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

    3Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

  • 1 Kgs 9:16
    66%

    16Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a portion unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

  • Num 34:19
    66%

    19And these are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

  • Deut 22:16
    66%

    16and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

  • 1 Chr 2:21
    66%

    21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    66%

    40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

  • Josh 15:49
    65%

    49and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir),