Judges 3:11
9 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
13 After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
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Compare
- BSB
- So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- KJV
- And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- WEB
- The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- ASV
- And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- DARBY
- And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- BLB
- And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- ÅB
- Og landet hadde ro i førti år; da døde Otniel, Kenas' sønn.
- OTB
- Landet hadde fred i førti år, inntil Otniel, sønn av Kenas, døde.
- B1930
- Og landet hadde ro i firti år; da døde Otniel, Kenas' sønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 5:31
So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
Read in contextJudges 3:30
So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
Read in contextJoshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Read in contextJudges 8:28
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
Read in contextEsther 9:22
as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Read in contextJoshua 15:17
So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Read in context1 Chronicles 4:13
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
Read in contextJudges 3:9
But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
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