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Joshua 15:16

World English Bible

Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”

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Joshua 15:16 in other translations

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

Joshua 15:16 · American Standard Version

Joshua 15:16 in context

  1. 14Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  2. 15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
  3. 16Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
  4. 17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
  5. 18When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”