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Judges 1:12

And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Achsah;   Caleb;   Canaanites;   Daughter;   Debir;   Judah;   Marriage;   Othniel;   Simeon;   Scofield Reference Index - Apostasy;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Complaining;   Lust;   Murmuring;   Sexual Activities;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anakim, the;   Canaanites, the;   Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Canaan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lord's supper;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Debir;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achsah;   Cloud;   Feasts;   Joshua, the Book of;   Judges, the Book of;   Kirjath Sannah;   Lord's Supper;   Mahaneh Dan;   Nicolaitans;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Sin (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achsa;   Judges, Book of;   Othniel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achsah;   Canaanites;   Charity;   Death;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judges (1);   Love Feast;   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Rock;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brotherly Love;   Cloud ;   Drunkenness (2);   Eschatology;   Feasting;   Fruit;   Hellenism;   Love-Feast;   Metaphor;   Rock ;   Root ;   Sheep, Shepherd;   Supper ;   Tree ;   Wandering Stars;   Worship;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Achsa, Achsah ;   Debir ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kirjath-sepher;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achsa achsah;   Dan;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Love;   Nicolaitans;   Othniel;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ach'sah;   Josh'ua, Book of;   Kir'jath-Se'pher;   Scribes;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fruit;   Root;   Spot;   Trees;   Water;   Wind;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Assyria;   Blemish;   Caleb;   Hebron;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Achsah;   Agape;   Alliance;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Caleb;   Cloud;   Debir (2);   Dowry;   Judah, Territory of;   Peter, the Second Epistle of;   Relationships, Family;   Spot;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achsah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Achsa;   Calebites;   Debir;   Judah;   Libraries;   Marriage;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Caleb said, “Whoever attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher, I will give my daughter Achsah to him as a wife.”
Hebrew Names Version
Kalev said, He who strikes Kiryat-Sefer, and takes it, to him will I give `Akhsah my daughter as wife.
King James Version
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Lexham English Bible
And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give to him Acsah my daughter as a wife."
English Standard Version
And Caleb said, "He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter for a wife."
New Century Version
Before attacking the city, Caleb said, "I will give Acsah, my daughter, as a wife to the man who attacks and captures the city of Kiriath Sepher."
New English Translation
Caleb said, "To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife."
Amplified Bible
And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah as a wife."
New American Standard Bible
And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as a wife."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Caleb saide, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, euen to him wil I giue Achsah my daughter to wife.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
Contemporary English Version
Caleb told his troops, "The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah."
Complete Jewish Bible
Kalev said: "To whoever overpowers Kiryat-Sefer and captures it I will give my daughter ‘Akhsah as his wife."
Darby Translation
And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
Easy-to-Read Version
Before they started to fight, Caleb made a promise to the men. He said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to whoever attacks and conquers Kiriath Sepher."
George Lamsa Translation
And Caleb said, He who takes Koriath-sephra, and destroys it, I will give him Achsah my daughter to wife.
Good News Translation
One of them, called Caleb, said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who succeeds in capturing Kiriath Sepher."
Literal Translation
And Caleb said, He who strikes the City of Sepher and captures it, I shall give my daughter Achsah to him for a wife.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Caleb sayde: He yt smyteth Kiriath Sepher, & wynneth it, I wyl geue him my doughter Achsa to wife.
American Standard Version
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Caleb sayd: He that smiteth Kiriathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I geue Achsah my daughter to wyfe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Caleb said: 'He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.'
King James Version (1611)
And Caleb said, Hee that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I giue Achsah my daughter to wife.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall smite the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.
English Revised Version
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Berean Standard Bible
And Caleb said, "To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Caleph seide, Y schal yyue Axa, my douyter, wijf to hym that schal smyte Cariathsepher, and schal waste it.
Young's Literal Translation
and Caleb saith, `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher -- and hath captured it -- then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'
Update Bible Version
And Caleb said, He that smites Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter for a wife.
World English Bible
Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
New King James Version
Then Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife."
New Living Translation
Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher."
New Life Bible
Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who fights against Kiriath-sepher and takes it."
New Revised Standard
Then Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as wife."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and captureth it, I will give unto him Achsah my daughter, to wife.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife.
Revised Standard Version
And Caleb said, "He who attacks Kir'iath-se'pher and takes it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife."

Contextual Overview

9 After that the children of Judah went down to make war on the Canaanites living in the hill-country and in the south and in the lowlands. 10 And Caleb went against the Canaanites of Hebron: (now in earlier times Hebron was named Kiriath-arba:) and he put Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai to the sword. 11 And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.) 12 And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it. 13 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife. 14 Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it? 15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring. 16 Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites; 17 And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah. 18 Then Judah took Gaza and its limit, and Ashkelon and its limit, and Ekron and its limit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And Caleb: The whole of this account is found in Joshua 15:13-19, and seems to be inserted here by way of recapitulation. Joshua 15:16, Joshua 15:17, 1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 18:23

to him: In ancient times fathers assumed an absolute right over their children, especially in disposing of them in marriage; and it was customary for a king or great man to promise his daughter in marriage to him who should take a city, etc.

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:36 - Caleb 1 Chronicles 4:15 - Caleb Esther 6:3 - What honour Psalms 60:9 - Who Jeremiah 29:6 - take wives

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.
Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.
Mark 4:28
The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
Luke 6:44
For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.
2 Corinthians 9:10
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it,

to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

:-.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:12-15. And Caleb, &c. — See this whole account, which is placed here by way of recapitulation, in Joshua 15:13-19, and the explanatory notes there.


 
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