Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine, Ephraim is a helmet for my head, Judah is my scepter.
Judges 1:12 - Tree of Life Version Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give my daughter Achsah for a wife.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 And Caleb said, Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter, as wife. American Standard Version (1901) And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Common English Bible Caleb said, “I’ll give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who defeats and captures Kiriath-sepher.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Caleb said, "Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife. |
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine, Ephraim is a helmet for my head, Judah is my scepter.
take wives and have sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not decrease.
Then he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir (now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher).
From there Judah marched against the inhabitants of Debir (the former name of Debir was Kiriath-sepher).
So Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger kinsman, captured it. So Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.
All the men of Israel were saying, “Have you seen this man who keeps coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel! The man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, give him his daughter in marriage and make his father’s house tax-free in Israel!”
So Saul’s courtiers whispered these words in David’s ears. But David said, “Is it a light thing to you becoming the king’s son-in-law, considering that I am a poor man and of little account?”