Judges 1:14

14 Now it happened, when she came to him, that she urged him [a] to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?"

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 Then Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give my daughter Achsah as wife."
13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.
14 Now it happened, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?"
15 So she said to him, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water." And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
16 Now the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah, which lies in the South near Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint and Vulgate read he urged her.
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