This document is about Achsah (Caleb's_daughter,_son_of_Jephunneh). For other homonyms, please refer to the Achsah document. She is the daughter of Caleb (son of Jephunneh). Caleb promised to give Achsah in marriage to whoever conquered Kiriath-sepher, and Othniel conquered it and married her.
Joshua 15:16Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.Joshua 15:17When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”Joshua 15:18She said, “Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.Joshua 15:19This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
Judges 1:12Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.Judges 1:13When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”Judges 1:14She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.Judges 1:15The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.