Caleb’s Portion and Conquest

(Judges 1:8–26)

According to the LORD’s command to [him], [Joshua] gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah — vvv Kiriath-arba, that [is], Hebron.( Arba was the forefather of Anak.) 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak — the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir( formerly known as vvv Kiriath-sepher). 16 And Caleb said,“To the man who strikes down vvv Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.” 17 So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured [the city], and [Caleb] gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

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One day [Acsah] came [to Othniel] and urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her,“What do you desire?”

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“Give me a blessing,” she answered.“Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.”

So [Caleb] gave her [both] the upper and lower springs.

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