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Judges 3:9 KJV
Judges · chapter 3 · verse 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.Judges 3:9 · King James Version
Judges 3:9 in context
7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
8Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
9And 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.
10And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- delivereryâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or freeH3467 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- OthnielʻOthnîyʼêlOthniel, an IsraeliteH6274 →
- Caleb'sKâlêbCaleb, the name of three IsraelitesH3612 →
- youngerqâṭânabbreviatedH6996 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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We now come to the records of the government of the particular judges, the first of which was Othniel, in whom the story of this book is knit to that of Joshua, for even in Joshua's time Othniel began to be famous, by which it appears that it was not long after Israel's settlement in Canaan before their purity began…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-11