CALEB, one of the deputies sent by the Israelites to take a view of the land of Canaan. He made a good report of the country, and by this means revived the spirits of the dejected people; on which account, he and Joshua were the only persons who, after their leaving Egypt, settled in the land of Canaan. Caleb had, for his share, the mountains and the city of Hebron, from which he drove three kings. Othoniel his nephew having taken the city of Debir, Caleb gave him his daughter Achah in marriage; and died, aged 114.