Judges 3:11

Translations

Modern

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Traditional

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Literal

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Latin

Quievitque terra quadraginta annis, et mortuus est Othoniel filius Cenez.

Original

Hebrew

English

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Notes

Judges 3:7–11

The story of Othniel is a typical example of the cycles in Judges. People did wrong, often worshipping Baal and Asherah (see study notes on Judges 2:11–13; 6:25–32). This angered the Lord and led to foreign oppression. The people's cries moved God to show compassion and send a rescuer-judge through his spirit. The rescuer stopped the oppression, and the land experienced peace before the cycle repeated. Othniel represents an ideal judge.

Theme notes and profiles

The Spirit’s Presence

Events

Deliverance by Othniel

Related verses

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.
Judges 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,
Judges 3:30
So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
Joshua 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.
Esther 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.
Judges 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.
1 Chronicles 4:13
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
Joshua 15:17
So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

People

Kenaz: Father of Othniel, a judge of Israel Othniel: First judge of Israel, Caleb's nephew

Glossary

Aram-Naharaim Judah, Tribe of Judges, Book of Kenaz Othniel

Topics

Forty: Years: Peace in Israel God: Preserver: Under Othniel Israel: Delivered for Their Idolatry to the King of Mesopotamia During Eight Years Judge: Othniel Judgments: May be Averted by Prayer Kenaz: Brother of Caleb Nation: National Peace Othniel: Becomes the Deliverer and Leader of Israel Othniel: Death of

Judges 3:11

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