Judges 1:15

15 She said to him, "Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also Gulloth-mayim." ^[a] So Caleb gave her Upper Gulloth and Lower Gulloth.

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 And Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.

14 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?"

15 She said to him, "Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also Gulloth-mayim." So Caleb gave her Upper Gulloth and Lower Gulloth.

16 The descendants of Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad. Then they went and settled with the Amalekites.

17 Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they defeated the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and devoted it to destruction. So the city was called Hormah.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is [Basins of Water]