Judges 1:14-16
Contemporary English Version
14 Right after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he[a] ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from[b] her donkey, Caleb asked, “What's bothering you?”
15 She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so please give me some spring-fed ponds for a water supply.”
Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.[c]
16 The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho[d] with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.[e]
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- 1.14 Achsah … Othniel … he: Hebrew; two ancient translations “Othniel … Achsah … she.”
- 1.14 getting down from: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 1.15 spring-fed ponds … small ponds … Higher Pond and Lower Pond: Or “wells … wells … Higher Well and Lower Well.”
- 1.16 Jericho: The Hebrew text has “Town of Palm Trees,” another name for Jericho.
- 1.16 not far … Amalekites: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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