Joshua 15:17

Joshua 15:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
• New International Version (NIV)Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

Context of Joshua 15:17

15From there he attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.) 16Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.” When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife. 18One time Acsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?” 19She answered, “Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

Joshua 15:17 word by word

וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־קְנַ֖ז אֲחִ֣י כָלֵ֑ב וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ אֶת־עַכְסָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Othnielעׇתְנִיאֵל‛othnîy'êl · OthnielH6274
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Kenazקְנַזqenaz · KenazH7073
• the brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• of Calebכָּלֵבkâlêb · CalebH3612
• tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• it: and he gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
• him Achsahעַכְסָה‛aksâh · AchsahH5915
• his daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• to wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Cross-references for Joshua 15:17

• Judges 1:13When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.
• Judges 3:9When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
• Joshua 14:6The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea.
• Numbers 32:12except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.’
• 1 Chronicles 2:49She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.

Commentaries on Joshua 15:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Othniel was probably Caleb‘s younger brother; the expression “son of Kenaz” being only an equivalent for the “Kenezite” Joshua 14:6.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 Achsah obtained some land by Caleb's free grant. He gave her a south land. Land indeed, but a south land, dry and apt to be parched. She obtained more, on her request, and he gave the upper and the nether springs. Those who understand it but of one field, watered both with the rain of heaven, and the springs that issued out of the earth, countenance the allusion commonly made to this, when we pray for spiritual and heavenly blessings which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Othniel, Caleb's nephew, became the first judge of Israel (Judges 3:9–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2016-20. He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher--This offer was made as an incentive to youthful bravery (see on 1Sa 17:25); and the prize was won by Othniel, Caleb's younger brother (Jud 1:13; 3:9). This was the occasion of drawing out the latent energies of him who was destined to be the first judge in Israel.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 15:17

• Achsah
• Armies
• Courage
• Debir
• Kenaz
• Othniel

In the dictionaries

• Caleb
• Achsah
• Edom
• Joktheel
• Judah, Tribe of
• Kenaz
• Othniel
• Criticism
• Debir (2)
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Joshua 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings