Judges 1:15

15 She answered him, "Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water also." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.[a][b]

Judges 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:15

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast
given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave
her the upper springs and the nether springs.
] (See Gill on Joshua 15:19).

Judges 1:15 In-Context

13 So Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's youngest brother, captured it, and Caleb gave his daughter Achsah to him as his wife.
14 When she arrived, she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"
15 She answered him, "Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water also." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
16 The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had gone up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah, which was in the Negev of Arad. They went to live among the people.
17 Judah went with his brother Simeon, struck the Canaanites who were living in Zephath, and completely destroyed the town. So they named the town Hormah.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. LXX reads me redemption of water, and Caleb gave her according to her heart the redemption of the upper and the redemption of the lower
  • [b]. Jos 15:15-19
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