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Afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country and in the ^[g]Negev and in the lowland.

^(g)So Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.

Then ^(h)from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher).

And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife."

⁽ⁱ⁾Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife.

Then ^(j)it came about when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. Then she alighted from ^[h]her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What ^[i]do you want?"

She said to him, "Give me a blessing, since you have given me the land of the ^[j]Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The ^[k]descendants of ^(k)the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the ^(l)city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of ^(m)Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

Then Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called ⁽ⁿ⁾Hormah.

And Judah took ^(o)Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

Now the Lord was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not ^[l]drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had ^(p)iron chariots.