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Joshua 15:16 Cross-References
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“And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.”
Joshua 15:16 (KJV)
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And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Caleb offers his daughter Achsah (עַכְסָה, possibly meaning "anklet" or "adorned") as reward for conquering Debir/Kirjath-sepher. This practice—offering daughters in marriage to warriors who accomplish difficult military feats—appears elsewhere in Scripture (Saul's offer to David, 1 Samuel 17:25; 18:17). While seeming patriarchal to modern sensibilities, it functioned within ancient Near Eastern marriage customs where fathers arranged daughters' marriages, seeking worthy husbands of pr...
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