Bible Strands
Judges 1:14
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Acsah approaches her husband Othniel and then her father Caleb after Othniel has captured the city and Caleb has given her in marriage. She acts on the donkey and upon dismounting to initiate a petition for additional land.
The words — The Hebrew term וַ/תְּסִיתֵ֙/הוּ֙ (va./te.si.Te./hu) translates literally as "and she incited him," describing Acsah's active urging of Othniel to petition Caleb. The term הַ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה (ha./sa.Deh) means "the field," which functions as the immediate object of the requested petition.
The thread — The narrative records this exact sequence in Joshua 15:18, where Acsah's approach to Othniel and her dismounting are described before Caleb's inquiry. The event connects the territorial conquest account in Joshua with the tribal inheritance fulfillment in Judges.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to note how Acsah secures water rights for her household through direct petition rather than passive expectation. It demonstrates the practical mechanism of inheritance claims within the tribal allotment system.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
Cross-references
- Joshua 15:18 One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”