Caleb was one of the twelve spies Moses sent to assess the political and military situation in Canaan. Only Caleb and Joshua reported that God would help Israel conquer Canaan (Numbers 13:6, 8, 16, 30). Caleb later became the father-in-law of Othniel, Israel’s first judge (Judges 1:13).
Because of his faithfulness, Caleb received the area around Hebron as his inheritance, and he expelled the Anakites (see Joshua 14:12–15; Judges 1:20).