Judges 3:11
9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
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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 let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Read in contextJudges 3:30
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Read in contextJoshua 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
Read in contextJudges 8:28
Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
Read in contextEsther 9:22
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Read in contextJoshua 15:17
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Read in context1 Chronicles 4:13
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
Read in contextJudges 3:9
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
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