And Caleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the City of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Achsah for a wife.

And Othniel the son of Kenaz the brother of Caleb took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.

[This translation omits this verse.]

Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was swift in his feet as a wild gazelle in the field.

And he brought back Abner to Hebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him; and he stabbed him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.

And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was keeper] of the records.

And Joab [was] over all he forces of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.