Judges 1:12

12 Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

Judges 1:12 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:12

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it,
to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
] (See Gill on Joshua 15:16).

Judges 1:12 In-Context

10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.)
12 Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
13 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
14 It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, What would you?
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