She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
The daughter of Caleb was Achsa. We learn from Joshua 15:16 that Caleb the spy had a daughter called by this name; and according to this genealogical record there was an eider Caleb, or Chelubai (1 Chronicles 2:9), two generations earlier, who had a daughter Achsa. Lord Hervey seems to be of opinion that the register is here confused, and doubts the existence of an early Caleb. But there seems to be two distinct pedigrees traced in this passage in direct succession-of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, and Caleb the son of Hur, whose descent from the former Caleb is mentioned, 1 Chronicles 2:19: cf. 1 Chronicles 2:1 Chr. 11:50 . There is a considerable obscurity hanging over the origin of Caleb; and strong arguments are adduced to prove that he was a foreigner, who had formed a connection with the house of Hur, and was reckoned in the genealogies of Judah from his acquisition of land within the territory of that tribe (see the notes at Joshua 15:13). Lord Hervey, however maintains that there is only one Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel (1 Chronicles 2:42) being declared to be the father of Achsa (1 Chronicles 2:49); and this conclusion appears to him confirmed by 1 Chronicles 2:50, which is like the summing up of the preceding statement, describing Caleb as the son of Hur.