Joshua 15:17

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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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 .
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 ex...
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.
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...
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 docume...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Othniel ] (='Lion of God'). For his subsequent career see Judges 3:9-11 . 20-62. The cities of Judah. 20-32. Cities in the Negeb, or 'south c...
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...
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 conspi...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Caleb's Inheritance. B. C. 1444. 13...
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 comm...
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 Cal...
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;...
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...
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 s...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caleb's Possession.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he, Caleb, gave him Achsah, his daughter, to wife.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

¹⁷ And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 15:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 15:17