Caleb Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on caleb bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Numbers 13:6 (KJV)
Who was Caleb's father?
Answer: Jephunneh the Kenezite
Study note. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Lesson 2 · Numbers 13:30 (KJV)
What did Caleb say about taking Canaan?
Answer: Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it
Study note. Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Lesson 3 · Numbers 14:6 (KJV)
How many of the twelve spies brought back a good report?
Answer: Two — Joshua and Caleb
Study note. Only Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun, brought back faith-filled reports.
Lesson 4 · Numbers 14:9 (KJV)
What did Caleb say about the giants in the land?
Answer: They were bread for us: their defence is departed from them
Study note. Caleb and Joshua said, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land… their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Lesson 5 · Joshua 14:7 (KJV)
How old was Caleb when Moses sent him to spy out Canaan?
Answer: Forty years old
Study note. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land.
Lesson 6 · Numbers 14:33 (KJV)
How many years wandered in the wilderness because of unbelief?
Answer: Forty years
Study note. Your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms.
Lesson 7 · Numbers 14:24 (KJV)
What did God say about Caleb?
Answer: He wholly followed the LORD God of Israel
Study note. My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
Lesson 8 · Joshua 14:12 (KJV)
What mountain did Caleb ask for as his inheritance?
Answer: Kirjath-arba (Hebron)
Study note. Give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day… Kirjath-arba, which city is Hebron.
Lesson 9 · Joshua 14:10 (KJV)
How old was Caleb when he drove out the sons of Anak from Hebron?
Answer: Eighty-five
Study note. I am this day fourscore and five years old… now therefore give me this mountain.
Lesson 10 · Joshua 15:14 (KJV)
Who did Caleb drive out of Hebron?
Answer: The three sons of Anak — Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai
Study note. And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does caleb bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?