CALEB, in the Bible, one of the spies sent by Moses from Kadesh in South Palestine to spy out the land of Canaan. For his courage he was rewarded by the promise that he and his seed should possess it (Num. xiii. seq.). Later tradition includes Joshua, the hero of the conquest of the land. Subsequently Caleb settled in Kirjath-Arba (Hebron), but there are different accounts. (a) Caleb drove out the Anakites, giants of Hebron, and gave his daughter Achsah to Othniel, his brother, who took Kirjath-Sepher or Debir (Jos. xv. 14-19). Both are "sons" of Kenaz, an Edo mite clan (Gen. xxxvi). Elsewhere (b) Caleb the Kenizzite reminds Joshua of the promise at Kadesh ; he asks that he may have the "mountain whereof Yahweh spake," and hopes to drive out the giants from its midst. Joshua blesses him and thus Hebron becomes the inheritance of Caleb (Josh. xiv. 6-15). Further (c) the capture of Hebron and Debir is ascribed to Judah who gives them to Caleb (Judg. i. Io seq. 20) ; and finally (d) these cities are taken by Joshua himself in the course of a great cam paign against South Canaan (Josh. x. 36-39). The seat of the clan was at Carmel in South Judah, and Abigail, the wife of the Calebite Nabal, was taken by David after her husband's death (I Sam. xxv., xxx. 14). Later the small divisions of the south were united under the name Judah, and this is reflected in the genealogies of I Chron. ii., iv., where Caleb and Jerahmeel become descendants of JUDAH (q.v.).