Judges 1:12

God's Word

Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to whoever defeats Kiriath Sepher and captures it.”

Cross References

Psalm 60:9

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Jeremiah 29:6

Get married, and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons, and let your daughters get married so that they can have sons and daughters. Grow in number there; don’t decrease.

Joshua 15:15

From there he marched against the people living in Debir. (In the past Debir was called Kiriath Sepher.)

Judges 1:11

From there Judah’s troops went to fight the people living at Debir. (In the past Debir was called Kiriath Sepher.)

Judges 1:13

Then Othniel, son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured it. So Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.

1 Samuel 17:25

The men of Israel said, “Did you see that man coming ⌞from the Philistine lines⌟? He keeps coming to challenge Israel. The king will make the man who kills this Philistine very rich. He will give his daughter to that man to marry and elevate the social status of his family.”

1 Samuel 18:23

When Saul’s officers made it a point to say this, David asked, “Do you think it’s easy to become the king’s son-in-law? I am a poor and unimportant person.”