1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 18:23; Joshua 15:13-19; Joshua 15:16; Joshua 15:17
Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . The Conquests and Settlements of the Israelites in Western Palestine. From this introduction, which is one of the mos...
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Caleb, etc. - See this whole account...
And Judah went against the Canaanites— See on Joshua 15:18-19 . The expedition against Hebron seems placed here by way of recapitulation, on accou...
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. No JFB commentary on this verse...
Introductory ( Judges 1:1 to Judges 3:4 ) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of...
And Caleb said. — See Joshua 15:16 . Caleb was a “Kenizzite,” which seems to imply that he was descended from Kenaz, a grandson of Esau ( Genesis...
THE WAY OF THE SWORD Judges 1:12-26 THE name Kiriath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point to the existence of a semi-popular l...
Renewing the Conquest Judges 1:1-15 The land had been given. There could be no doubt about that. In the ancient covenant which Jehovah had ma...
The Book of Judges covers historically a period from the death of Joshua to the judgeship of Samuel and the introduction of the monarchy. It opens w...
We had this interesting account before, in the preceding book of Joshua, to which I therefore refer the Reader. See Joshua 15:15-19 .
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it , to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Joshua 15:16 .
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about...
INITIAL VICTORIES, YET IMPAIRED (vv. 1-26) Joshua having died, Israel does not subside into indifference, but realizes that there is territory t...
Conquests of Judah. B. C. 1425. 9 An...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘ And Caleb said, “He who smites Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife”.' This was a kind of test of suitab...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 1:8 . Now the children of Judah had fought, &c.] Heb . = “ fought ,” the pluperfect form not being given in the orig...
Judges 1 and Judges 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courag...
Judges 1:1 . After the death of Joshua, whose death was to the Jews the commencement of new troubles; they asked counsel of the Lord, as directed,...
To him will I give Achsah my daughter. Difficulties and hardships in life There was more difficulty and danger in the winning of this city than...
EXPOSITION Judges 1:8 Read Fought against Jerusalem , and took it , and smote it. It is the continuation of the narrative of the exploi...
Overthrow of Various Enemies
and Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter, to wife.
Jude's Certain Men The Book of Jude INTRODUCTORY WORDS The statement, "Thy testimonies are wonderful" is nowhere more strikingly true than...
12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.