Judges 1:14

14 On the wedding day Othniel urged her ^[a] to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her what she wanted.

Judges 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:14

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?] (See Gill on Joshua 15:18).

Judges 1:14 In-Context

12 One of them, called Caleb, said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who succeeds in capturing Kiriath Sepher."

13 Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz, captured the city, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.

14 On the wedding day Othniel urged her to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her what she wanted.

15 She answered, "I want some water holes. The land you have given me is in the dry country." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

16 The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went on with the people of Judah from Jericho, the city of palm trees, into the barren country south of Arad in Judah. There they settled among the Amalekites.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Some ancient translations] Othniel urged her; [Hebrew] she urged Othniel.