Yosua 14:8

14:8 My countrymen ¹  who accompanied ²  me frightened the people, ³  but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. ⁴ 

Yosua 15:63

15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ⁵  The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. ⁶ 

[14:8]  ¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[14:8]  ² tn Heb “went up with.”

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.

[15:63]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:63]  ⁶ sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).