◄ Joshua 15:16 ►
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Good News Translation
Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who succeeds in capturing Kiriath Sepher."

New Revised Standard Version
And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife.”

Contemporary English Version
He told his men, "The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah."

New American Bible
Caleb said, “To the man who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

Judges 1:6,12,13 And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after him and took him, and cut off his fingers and toes. . . .

Context
Caleb's Portion and Conquest
…15And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters. 16And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.17And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:15
And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters.

Joshua 15:17
And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.

Judges 1:12
And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife.

1 Samuel 17:25
And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father's house free from tribute in Israel.

Joshua 15:15
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