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This was done by Othniel, Caleb's brother's son, who accordingly obtained her as his wife. [2] Achsah later requested, and was given, upper and lower springs of water (presumably in the Negev) from her father. [3] Various Septuagint manuscripts, in various passages, give her name as Ascha, Achsa, Aza, and Oxa. [4]
Achsah (or Acsah) – daughter of Caleb. When Caleb promised her to Othniel in marriage, she requested that he increased her dowry to include not only land, but springs of water as well. Joshua, Judges, I Chronicles [8] [9] [10] Adah – Adah # 1 – wife of Lamech, Genesis [11] Adah – Adah #2 – daughter of Elon, the Hittite and one of the ...
Achsa or Achsah (Hebrew עַכְסָה), was the daughter of Caleb or Chelubai the son of Hezron of the Tribe of Judah. ( 1 Chronicles 2:49 [ 40 ] ) Though she is often identified as the Achsah the daughter of Caleb in the time of Joshua .
Caleb promised his daughter Achsah in marriage to whoever would conquer the land of Debir from the giants. This was eventually accomplished by Othniel Ben Kenaz , Caleb's nephew ( Judges 1:13 ), who became Caleb's son-in-law as well ( Joshua 15:16,17 ).
Kirjath Sepher (Hebrew: קִרְיַת-סֵפֶר; in LXX Ancient Greek: Καριασσῶφαρ) was a location in southern Canaan which became part of the land allocated to the tribe of Judah when the Israelites conquered Canaan, according to the Hebrew Bible (Book of Joshua, Joshua 15:16 and Book of Judges, Judges 1:12):
For the purposes of Wikipedia categories, "Hebrew Bible" refers only to those books in the Jewish Tanakh, which has the same content as the Protestant Old Testament (including the portions in Aramaic). The deuterocanonical books of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox biblical canons are categorized under Category:Deuterocanonical books.
Former President Barack Obama's family was the subject of a recent article stating a man had filed a lawsuit claiming he was the biological father of Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia.
The work also includes a love story elaborated from a few hints in the Biblical narrative between Caleb's daughter Achsah and Othniel, a young soldier. [2] Joshua was the fourth oratorio Handel had written within the span of twenty months. [3]