Joshua 15:16
Caleb said,“To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”
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- Judg 1:6 : 6 When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes.
- Judg 1:12-13 : 12 Caleb said,“To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.” 13 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
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- Judg 1:10-156 verses98%
10 The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron.(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 From there they attacked the people of Debir.(Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)
12 Caleb said,“To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”
13 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
14 One time Achsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“What would you like?”
15 She answered,“Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
- Josh 15:17-193 verses91%
17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Achsah his daughter to him as a wife.
18 One time Achsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“What would you like?”
19 She answered,“Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So he gave her both upper and lower springs.
- Josh 15:13-153 verses82%
13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba(that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the LORD’s instructions to Joshua.(Arba was the father of Anak.)
14 Caleb drove out from there three Anakites– Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
15 From there he attacked the people of Debir.(Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)
- 1 Chr 2:48-503 verses77%
48 Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.
50 These were the descendants of Caleb.The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,
- 1 Chr 2:18-192 verses73%
18 Caleb’s Descendants Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah(also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
- Josh 14:12-154 verses73%
12 Now, assign me this hill country which the LORD promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the LORD is with me, I will conquer them, as the LORD promised.”
13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.
14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the LORD God of Israel.
15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.
- Josh 21:11-122 verses72%
11 They assigned them Kiriath Arba(Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.
12 (Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)
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56 (But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)
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46 Caleb’s concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
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20 Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.
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15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites.(His sister’s name was Maacah.)Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; he had only daughters.
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38 but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’
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6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
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36 The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.”
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1 Samson Versus the Philistines Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father,“I want to sleep with my bride in her bedroom!” But her father would not let him enter.
2 Her father said,“I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”
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6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him,“You know what the LORD said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.
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42 More of Caleb’s Descendants The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother:His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
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17 Then Saul said to David,“Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD.”For Saul thought,“There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”
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8 And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of his fathers.
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24 Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully– I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.
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29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
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2 When he got home, he told his father and mother,“A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”
3 But his father and mother said to him,“Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” But Samson said to his father,“Get her for me, because she is the right one for me.”
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16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)
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19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
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16 The young woman’s father must say to the elders,“I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.
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21 Later Hezron slept with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead.(He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.
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40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her,“David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”
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49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah(that is, Debir),