Joshua 15:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Achsah his daughter to him as a wife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 1:13 : 13 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
  • Judg 3:9 : 9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
  • Judg 3:11 : 11 The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  • Josh 14:6 : 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.
  • Num 32:12 : 12 except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the LORD wholeheartedly.’
  • 1 Chr 2:49 : 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.

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  • Judg 1:11-15
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    97%

    11From there they attacked the people of Debir.(Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

    12Caleb said,“To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”

    13When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.

    14One 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?”

    15She 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 15:13-16
    4 verses
    91%

    13Caleb 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.)

    14Caleb drove out from there three Anakites– Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

    15From there he attacked the people of Debir.(Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

    16Caleb said,“To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”

  • Josh 15:18-19
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    18One 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?”

    19She 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.

  • 1 Chr 2:48-50
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    78%

    48Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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

    50These were the descendants of Caleb.The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,

  • 1 Chr 2:18-19
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    73%

    18Caleb’s Descendants Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah(also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

    19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

  • 1 Chr 4:13
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    13The sons of Kenaz:Othniel and Seraiah.The sons of Othniel:Hathath and Meonothai.

  • 1 Chr 2:46
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    46Caleb’s concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

  • Judg 3:9
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    9When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

  • Josh 14:12-14
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    12Now, 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.”

    13Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

    14So 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.

  • Josh 21:12
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    12(Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

  • 1 Chr 7:15
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    15Now 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.

  • 1 Chr 6:56
    69%

    56(But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

  • Judg 15:1-2
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    1Samson 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.

    2Her 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!”

  • Judg 1:20
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    20Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

  • Judg 3:11
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    11The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

  • Num 13:6
    67%

    6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

  • Gen 11:29
    67%

    29And 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.

  • 1 Chr 4:15
    67%

    15The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:Iru, Elah, and Naam.The son of Elah:Kenaz.

  • 1 Chr 2:42
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    42More 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.

  • Gen 24:38
    67%

    38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

  • Judg 14:2-3
    2 verses
    66%

    2When he got home, he told his father and mother,“A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”

    3But 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.”

  • Num 36:11
    66%

    11For the daughters of Zelophehad– Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah– were married to the sons of their uncles.

  • 1 Chr 4:19
    66%

    19The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

  • 1 Chr 2:24
    66%

    24After Hezron’s death, Caleb slept with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

  • Josh 7:18
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    18He then made Zabdi’s family approach man by man and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

  • Deut 1:36
    65%

    36The 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.”

  • Num 36:8
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    8And 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.

  • Josh 14:6
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    6The 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.

  • Judg 3:6
    65%

    6They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.