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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/judges/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/judges/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />And Caleb said, &#8220I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter for a wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And Caleb said, &#8220The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Caleb said, “The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Caleb said, “The one who strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Caleb said, “Whoever attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher, I will give my daughter Achsah to him as a wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Caleb said, &#8220Whoever strikes down and captures Kiriath-sepher, I will give my daughter Achsah to him as a wife.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Caleb told his troops, "The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to whoever defeats Kiriath Sepher and captures it."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />One of them, called Caleb, said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who succeeds in capturing Kiriath Sepher." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Caleb announced, "I'll give my daughter Achsah in marriage to whomever leads the attack against Kiriath-sepher and captures it." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Caleb said, ?To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Caleb said, "To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter for a wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Caleb says, “He who strikes Kirjath-Sepher and has captured it—then I have given my daughter Achsah to him for a wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Caleb saith, 'He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher -- and hath captured it -- then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Caleb will say, Whoever shall smite the city of the Book and take it, and I will give to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Caleb said, “To the man who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as wife.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Caleb said, He who takes Koriath-sephra, and destroys it, I will give him Achsah my daughter to wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Kalab said, “Who will attack Quryath Sepra and will destroy it? I shall give him Aksa my daughter as a wife”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Caleb said: 'He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/1-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=112" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/1.htm">Jerusalem and Hebron Captured</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher). <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3612.htm" title="3612: kā·lêḇ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps a form of keleb, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites.">And Caleb</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">“To the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: yak·keh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">who strikes down</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7158.htm" title="7158: qir·yaṯ- City of writing, a city in Judah. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7158.htm" title="7158: sê·p̄er (N-proper-fs) -- City of writing, a city in Judah. ">Kiriath-sepher</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: ū·lə·ḵā·ḏāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3fs) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">and captures it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will give</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ḇit·tî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">my daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5915.htm" title="5915: ‘aḵ·sāh (N-proper-fs) -- A daughter of Caleb. Feminine of ekec; anklet; Aksah, an Israelitess.">Acsah</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: lə·’iš·šāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">in marriage.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/15-16.htm">Joshua 15:16-17</a></span><br />And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.” / So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm">1 Samuel 17:25</a></span><br />Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm">1 Samuel 18:17-27</a></span><br />Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” / And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?” / So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-6.htm">1 Chronicles 11:6</a></span><br />Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-49.htm">1 Samuel 14:49-50</a></span><br />Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter). / His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-1.htm">1 Samuel 14:1-14</a></span><br />One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father. / Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men, / including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8-39</a></span><br />These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time. / Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated, / but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/32-39.htm">Numbers 32:39-42</a></span><br />The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. / So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there. / Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-38.htm">Deuteronomy 1:38</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-39.htm">1 Samuel 25:39-44</a></span><br />On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. / When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.” / She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-6.htm">1 Samuel 14:6</a></span><br />Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-45.htm">1 Samuel 14:45</a></span><br />But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/21-1.htm">2 Samuel 21:1-14</a></span><br />During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.” / At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.) / So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a></span><br />Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32</a></span><br />And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.</p><p class="hdg">And Caleb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/15-13.htm">Judges 15:13-19</a></b></br> And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-16.htm">Joshua 15:16,17</a></b></br> And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm">1 Samuel 17:25</a></b></br> And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, <i>that</i> the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.</p><p class="hdg">to him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/15-17.htm">Achsah</a> <a href="/joshua/15-17.htm">Acsah</a> <a href="/joshua/15-16.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Caleb</a> <a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/joshua/15-16.htm">Captures</a> <a href="/joshua/15-17.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Kiriath</a> <a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Kiriath-Sepher</a> <a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Kir'iath-Se'pher</a> <a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Kirjathsepher</a> <a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Kirjath-Sepher</a> <a href="/joshua/15-17.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/revelation/21-7.htm">Overcomes</a> <a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Sepher</a> <a href="/joshua/20-3.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/joshua/15-16.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/joshua/15-17.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Achsah</a> <a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Acsah</a> <a href="/judges/9-25.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Caleb</a> <a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/job/5-13.htm">Captures</a> <a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/judges/18-12.htm">Kiriath</a> <a href="/joshua/15-15.htm">Kiriath-Sepher</a> <a href="/joshua/15-15.htm">Kir'iath-Se'pher</a> <a href="/joshua/15-15.htm">Kirjathsepher</a> <a href="/joshua/15-15.htm">Kirjath-Sepher</a> <a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-27.htm">Overcomes</a> <a href="/joshua/15-15.htm">Sepher</a> <a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-8.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/judges/1-13.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-1.htm">The acts of Judah and Simeon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-4.htm">Adonibezek justly requited</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Jerusalem taken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Hebron taken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-11.htm">Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-16.htm">The Kenites dwell in Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-21.htm">The acts of Benjamin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-22.htm">Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-30.htm">Of Zebulun</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-31.htm">Of Asher</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-33.htm">Of Naphtali</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/1-34.htm">Of Dan</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His faithfulness is rewarded with a leadership role in the tribe of Judah. Caleb's actions here reflect his continued commitment to securing the land for his people.<p><b>“To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it,</b><br>Kiriath-sepher, also known as Debir, was a Canaanite city located in the hill country of Judah. The task of capturing it was significant, as it represented the ongoing conquest of the Promised Land. This challenge reflects the military and strategic efforts required to establish Israelite control over Canaan. The offer of a reward for capturing the city indicates the importance of this conquest and the need for courageous leaders.<p><b>I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”</b><br>Offering a daughter in marriage as a reward was a common practice in ancient times, often used to forge alliances and reward bravery. Acsah's marriage would not only be a personal union but also a political alliance, strengthening ties within the tribe of Judah. This practice is seen elsewhere in Scripture, such as when Saul offers his daughter to David (<a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm">1 Samuel 18:17-27</a>). The mention of Acsah highlights the role of women in biblical narratives, often as pivotal figures in the unfolding of God's plan.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/c/caleb.htm">Caleb</a></b><br>A prominent figure from the tribe of Judah, known for his faithfulness and courage. He was one of the two spies who brought back a positive report about the Promised Land (Numbers 13-14).<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/acsah.htm">Acsah</a></b><br>Caleb's daughter, offered as a reward for capturing Kiriath-sepher. Her account continues in the following verses, highlighting her wisdom and assertiveness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kiriath-sepher.htm">Kiriath-sepher</a></b><br>A city in the territory of Judah, also known as Debir. Its capture was significant for the Israelites as they settled in the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/marriage_proposal.htm">Marriage Proposal</a></b><br>Caleb's offer of his daughter in marriage to the conqueror of Kiriath-sepher reflects the customs and values of the time, where marriages often served strategic and familial purposes.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/othniel.htm">Othniel</a></b><br>Though not mentioned in this specific verse, Othniel, Caleb's younger brother, eventually captures Kiriath-sepher and marries Acsah, becoming Israel's first judge (<a href="/judges/3-9.htm">Judges 3:9-11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_and_reward.htm">Faithfulness and Reward</a></b><br>Caleb's life exemplifies the principle that God rewards faithfulness. His offer to give his daughter in marriage to the conqueror of Kiriath-sepher reflects his trust in God's promises and his desire to see God's people succeed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_action.htm">Courage in Action</a></b><br>The challenge to capture Kiriath-sepher required courage and initiative. Believers are encouraged to step out in faith and take action in alignment with God's will, trusting that He will provide the necessary strength and resources.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/godly_leadership.htm">Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Caleb's leadership and the subsequent rise of Othniel as a judge demonstrate the importance of godly leadership in guiding and delivering God's people. Believers are called to seek and support leaders who are committed to God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_and_legacy.htm">Family and Legacy</a></b><br>The account of Caleb, Acsah, and Othniel highlights the significance of family and legacy in God's plan. Believers are encouraged to consider how their actions and decisions impact future generations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_othniel_biblically.htm">Who is Othniel in historical or biblical context?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_justify_offering_a_daughter_as_a_reward.htm">In Joshua 15:16-19, how can we reconcile the moral implications of offering a daughter as a reward for capturing Kiriath-sepher?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/judges_12_1-7__unity_or_conflict.htm">Judges 12:1-7 - How does the narrative align with or contradict earlier portrayals of tribal unity and cooperation in Judges?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">And Caleb said.</span>--See <a href="/joshua/15-16.htm" title="And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.">Joshua 15:16</a>. Caleb was a "Kenizzite," which seems to imply that he was descended from Kenaz, a grandson of Esau (<a href="/genesis/36-11.htm" title="And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.">Genesis 36:11</a>). In <a href="/numbers/13-6.htm" title="Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.">Numbers 13:6</a> he is mentioned as being a prince (<span class= "ital">nasi, </span>or chief, <span class= "ital">rosh</span>) of the tribe of Judah. He was certainly affiliated to that tribe; but if the name "Caleb" means "dog," it would seem a very unlikely name for a pure Jew, for I cannot think that the effort to trace a sort of <span class= "ital">totem </span>system (or naming of tribes from animals) among the ancient Jews (<span class= "ital">Journ. of Philology, </span>June, 1880) is successful. His father's name. Je-phunneh, is of uncertain derivation. Frst and Meier derive Caleb from a root meaning "valiant;" but the peculiarity of the expressions used respecting him in <a href="/joshua/15-13.htm" title="And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.">Joshua 15:13</a>; <a href="/joshua/14-14.htm" title="Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite to this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.">Joshua 14:14</a>, together with certain marked names and features in the genealogies of his family, at least give some probability to the conjecture that he was of foreign origin.<p><span class= "bld">Will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.</span>--Comp. <a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm" title="And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.">1Samuel 17:25</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm" title="And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you to wife: only be you valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.">1Samuel 18:17</a>. So the Messenian hero Aristomenes gave a peasant woman, who had saved his life, in marriage to his son. This story shows the strength and importance of this fastness of the south, which is also proved by the fact that Caleb has to refer to his unbroken strength before he gains permission to win the region by the sword (<a href="/joshua/14-11.htm" title="As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.">Joshua 14:11</a>). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/1-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And Caleb</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּלֵ֔ב</span> <span class="translit">(kā·lêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3612.htm">Strong's 3612: </a> </span><span class="str2">Caleb -- a son of Jephunneh and sent by Moses to spy out the land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“To the man</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who strikes down</span><br /><span class="heb">יַכֶּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yak·keh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Kiriath-sepher</span><br /><span class="heb">סֵ֖פֶר</span> <span class="translit">(sê·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7158.htm">Strong's 7158: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kiriath-sepher -- 'city of writing', a city in Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and captures it,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְכָדָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ḵā·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will give</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַ֥תִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">בִתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ḇit·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Acsah</span><br /><span class="heb">עַכְסָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḵ·sāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5915.htm">Strong's 5915: </a> </span><span class="str2">Achsah -- a daughter of Caleb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in marriage.”</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאִשָּֽׁה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/1-12.htm">Judges 1:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/1-12.htm">OT History: Judges 1:12 Caleb said He who strikes Kiriath Sepher (Jd Judg. 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