Joshua 15:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. ”

• Joshua 15:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Othniel was probably Caleb’s younger brother; the expression “son of Kenaz” being only an equivalent for the “Kenezite” Joshua 14:6 .

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• Joshua 15:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Joshua 15:1-5 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to poin...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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• Joshua 15:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 16, 17. And Caleb said, &c.— To encourage his troops to take Debir, Caleb, at the head of the army, declared publicly, that he would give his daughter in marriage to whoever undertoo...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Joshua 15:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Assignment of the Territory It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of Judah we have a full descri...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (13-19) And unto Caleb... This paragraph occurs also in Judges 1:10-15 , with some slight variations. Which is its original place? In Judges it is connected with the continuation of the conquest o...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXIV. THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH. Joshua 15:1-63 . JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  63, Rewards of Courage Joshua 15:13-19 Arba was the greatest among the Anakim or giants, Joshua 14:15 . His three sons were equally formidable, Joshua 15:14 . But Caleb subdued them through a...

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• Joshua 15:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position allocated to it was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Every Reader must be struck with the singularity of Caleb's gift to his daughter. And few enlightened Readers, but have been led to conceive that the Holy Ghost hath veiled spiritual blessings under...

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• Joshua 15:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it ,.... The relation of Othniel to Caleb is a little intricate, and, as it is understood, occasions objections to the marriage of Caleb's da...

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• Joshua 15:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. Ver. 17. The son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb. ] So that Othniel and Achsah were broth...

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• Joshua 15:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE BORDERS OF JUDAH (vs.1-12) Judah occupied the largest territory of the tribes, though later we read that Simeon's possession was within Judah's territory (ch.19:1). The boundary on the south...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Caleb's Inheritance. B. C. 1444.       13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Object. This marriage was unlawful. Answ. No; for it was not Othniel, but Kenaz, who was Caleb's brother; and besides, the word brother is commonly used for any kinsman; and that Caleb was not...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.' It was probably Kenaz who was Caleb's younger brother. The son and daughter were th...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 15:1 . This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the land. In Josh...

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• Joshua 15:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 15:1 . This then was the lot of Judah. After the arduous toils of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rat...

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• Joshua 15:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  To him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Othniel’s conquest of Debir I. The spirit which influenced caleb in the disposal of achsah. He sought to unite her to a man-- (1) Honourable fo...

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• Joshua 15:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH . Joshua 15:1 The lot of the tribe of the children of Judah. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare N...

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• Joshua 15:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Caleb's Possession.

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• Joshua 15:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 2:49 ; Joshua 14:6 ; Judges 1:13 ; Judges 3:11 ; Judges 3:9 ; Numbers 32:12

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• Joshua 15:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Dividing the Inheritances Joshua 14:6-15 ; Joshua 15:13-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have come to a very interesting place in the early history of Israel even to the dividing of the land, and...

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