Judges 1:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Caleb said, Whoever strikes Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

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  • Josh 15:16-17 : 16 And Caleb said, He who strikes Kirjathsepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as a wife. 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
  • 1 Sam 18:23 : 23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in David's ears. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

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  • 98%

    13 Caleb the son of Jephunneh received a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely the city of Arba the father of Anak, which is Hebron.

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

    15 And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir: the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

    16 And Caleb said, He who strikes Kirjathsepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as a wife.

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

    18 And it happened, as she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field: and she dismounted from her donkey; and Caleb said to her, What do you desire?

    19 She answered, Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the south, give me also springs of water. So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

  • Judg 1:13-15
    3 verses
    91%

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

    14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask her father for a field; and she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, What do you wish?

    15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

  • Judg 1:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10 And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron, (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba) and they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

    11 And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

  • 79%

    48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

    49 She also bore Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. The daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

    50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal, the father of Kirjath Jearim,

  • 74%

    18 And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth: their sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

    19 And when Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur.

  • 74%

    11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs around it.

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

  • 72%

    12 Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fortified; if so the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

    13 And Joshua blessed him and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron as an inheritance.

    14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

  • 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.

  • 56 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

  • 20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

  • 6 From the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

  • 36 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his children I will give the land he has trodden upon, because he has fully followed the LORD.

  • 42 Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    68%

    37 Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

    38 but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

  • 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

  • 2 Her father said, I truly thought you hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her instead, I ask you.

  • 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as your wife: only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

  • 8 And every daughter that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall marry one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that each of the children of Israel may enjoy the inheritance of his fathers.

  • 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where he went; and his offspring shall possess it.

  • 6 Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Kadeshbarnea.

  • 24 And after Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abiah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashur, the father of Tekoa.

  • 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: 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.

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

  • Judg 14:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

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

    3 Then his father and mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she pleases me well.

  • 21 Later, Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.

  • 40 And when the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you, to take you to him as a wife.

  • 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites that dwelled in the city, and given it as a present to his daughter, Solomon's wife.