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Reference: Achsah
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The daughter of Caleb. Her father promised her in marriage to the man who should capture Debir or Kiriath-sepher
The daughter of Caleb. Her father promised her in marriage to the man who should capture Debir or Kiriath-sepher
And Caleb said, He who smites Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. read more. And it came to pass, when she came, that she moved him to ask of her father a field. And she alighted from off her donkey, and Caleb said, What would thou? And she said, Give me a blessing, because thou have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland. And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. read more. And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.) And Caleb said, He who smites Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, I will give to him Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field. And she alighted from off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, What would thou? And she said to him, Give me a blessing, since thou have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.