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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Joshua 15:18

Verse Joshua 15:18. As she came] As she was now departing from the house of her father to go to that of her husband.

She moved him] Othniel, to ask of her father a field, one on which she had set her heart, as contiguous to the patrimony already granted.

She lighted off her ass] ותצנח vattitsnach, she hastily, suddenly alighted, as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return to her father's house. Which being perceived by her father, he said, What wouldest thou? What is the matter? What dost thou want?

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AFIELD - In Judges 1:14, “the field,” i. e. the well-known field asked by Achsah and given by Caleb as a “blessing,” i. e. as a token of goodwill, which when the Book of Judges was written had become...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE PORTION OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The south-border of Judah's portion (Joshua 15:1)_ 2. The eastern and northern border (Joshua 15:5) 3. The western border (Joshua 15:12) 4. Caleb's conques...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHE LIGHTED OFF. Compare Genesis 24:64; 1 Samuel 25:23. WHAT WOULDEST THOU? Literally "What to thee? ". "What aileth thee? ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Request of Achsah, Daughter of Caleb 13. _And unto Caleb_ This section, from Joshua 15:13-19, is repeated with slight alterations almost verbatim in Judges 1:10-20. The two sections are probably d...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 18. _AND—AS SHE CAME UNTO HIM—SHE MOVED HIM TO ASK OF HER FATHER A FIELD,_ &C.— As she was conducted from the house of her father to that of her husband, according to the custom of that time, p...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֣י בְּ בֹואָ֗הּ וַ תְּסִיתֵ֨הוּ֙ לִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Was moved; as the Syriac, Arabic, Junius, &c., represent the matter. Others render the Hebrew in a different sense: "she moved him to ask of her father a field, and she lighted off her ass, and Caleb...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-19 Achsah obtained some land by Caleb's free grant. He gave her a south land. Land indeed, but a south land, dry and apt to be parched. She obtained more, on her request, and he gave the upper and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS SHE CAME UNTO HIM, or, as she went, to wit, from her father's house to her husband s, as the manner was: SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 1:18". SHE MOVED HIM TO ASK; she persuaded her husband; either, 1. Th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 15:18 came H935 (H8800) persuaded H5496 (H8686) ask H7592 (H8800) father H1 field H7704 dismounted...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    As she came — Or, as she went, namely, from her father's house to her husband's, as the manner was. She moved him — She persuaded her husband, either, That he would ask: or rather, That he would suffe...

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