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Through My Bible Yr 03 – September 12

Joshua 15:13 – 17:18

Joshua 15

An Inheritance for Caleb

¹³ To Caleb son of Jephunneh, Joshua gave a portion among the people of Judah, in keeping with the word of the Lord to Joshua, namely, the city of Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak). Kiriath Arba is now called Hebron. ¹⁴ Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. ¹⁵ Then he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath Sepher.

¹⁶ Caleb said, “If anyone attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Aksah to him as his wife.” ¹⁷ Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, ^[1] captured Kiriath Sepher, and Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him as his wife.

¹⁸ When she came to Othniel, she pressured him to ask her father for some pastureland. ^[2] As she dismounted from the donkey, Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

¹⁹ She said, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the dry Negev, you should also give me springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

The Cities in Judah

²⁰ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans.

²¹ The cities at the southern edge of the tribe of the people of Judah along the border with Edom in the Negev are: