Joshua 15:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Caleb said, “I want to attack Kiriath Sepher. I will give my daughter Acsah to the man that attacks and defeats that city. I will let that man marry my daughter.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Caleb said, He who smites Kiriath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter in marriage to whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And Caleb said, "Whoever will have struck down Kiriath-Sepher, and will have seized it, I will give to him Achsah, my daughter, as wife."

Joshua 15:16 Cross References

Judges 1:6

The ruler of Bezek [2] tried to escape. But the men of Judah chased him and caught him. When they caught him, they cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Joshua 15:15

Then Caleb fought against the people living in Debir. (In the past, Debir was also called Kiriath Sepher.)

Joshua 15:17

Othniel was the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz. Othniel defeated that city, so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife.

1 Samuel 17:25

One of the Israelite men said, “Did you see that guy! Look at him! Goliath comes out and makes fun of Israel again and again. Whoever kills that guy will get rich! King Saul will give him a lot of money. Saul will also let his daughter marry the man who kills Goliath. And Saul will also make that man’s family free in Israel.”

1 Chronicles 2:49

Maacah was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was Madmannah’s father. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.