Judges 1:12 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.”

Judges 1:12

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And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before {was} Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before {was} Kirjathsepher:

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give 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 lighted from off {her} ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

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Judges 1:1

"Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?"

Judges 1:2

"And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."

Judges 1:3

"And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him."

Judges 1:4

"And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men."

Judges 1:5

"And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites."

Judges 1:6

"But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes."

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