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Selected Verse: Joshua 15:17 - Strong Concordance

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Jos 15:17 Strong Concordance And Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], the brother [0251] of Caleb [03612], took [03920] it: and he gave [05414] him Achsah [05915] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
  King James 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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Othniel was probably Caleb's younger brother; the expression "son of Kenaz" being only an equivalent for the "Kenezite" Jos 14:6.
 
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6 Then the children [01121] of Judah [03063] came [05066] unto Joshua [03091] in Gilgal [01537]: and Caleb [03612] the son [01121] of Jephunneh [03312] the Kenezite [07074] said [0559] unto him, Thou knowest [03045] the thing [01697] that the LORD [03068] said [01696] unto Moses [04872] the man [0376] of God [0430] concerning me [0182] and thee [0182] in Kadeshbarnea [06947].