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Judges 1:12

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

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Judges 1:12 in other translations

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

Judges 1:12 · American Standard Version

Judges 1:12 in context

  1. 10Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  2. 11From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir before that was Kiriath Sepher.)
  3. 12Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
  4. 13Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.
  5. 14When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”