“ And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. ”
The land - means here, as in Judges 1:2 , not the whole land of Canaan, but the part concerned, probably the land of the tribe of Judah. Forty years, here and elsewhere, is (like fourscore years...
And the land had rest (f) forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. (f) That is, 32 under Joshua and 8 under Othniel.
Othniel the Kenite. The brief account of the oppression of Israel by the Aramæ ans, and of their deliverance by Othniel, is the work of D, whose familiar categories apostasy, Divine anger, oppressi...
had rest. Repeated four times: Judges 3:11 ; Judges 3:30 ; Judges 5:31 ; Judges 8:20 , to prevent the periods of rest and servitude being "telescoped". See App-50. Introduction.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. Othniel ... died. 'How powerful the influence of one good man is, in church or state, is best found in his loss' (Dr. Hal...
The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
The land had rest forty years. — Rabbi Tanchum interprets this to mean, “till forty years after the death of Joshua.” For the very difficult chronology of this period, see the Introduction. Many qu...
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Observe how many years the land had rest after God's deliverance. But oh! what an everlasting rest remaineth for the people of God, when Jesus hath given them rest, who is indeed himself the rest of...
And the land had rest forty years ,.... As it should seem from the time of this deliverance; though, according to Ben Gersom and Abarbinel, the eight years' servitude are to be included in them; and...
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. Ver. 11. And the land had rest forty years, ] sc., From the death of Joshua to the death of Othniel, and the eight years of...
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The Government of Othniel. B. C. 1336. 8 Therefore the anger of the L ORD was hot aga...
The land had rest; either, first, It rested about forty years, or the greatest part of forty years; it being most frequent in Scripture to use numbers in such a latitude. Thus the Israelites are sa...
‘ And the land had rest forty years, and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.' This really means that the land had rest ‘for a generation'. Forty years is a round number signifying a generation. It is...
MAIN HOMILETICS.— Judges 3:5-11 GREAT SIN AND SEVERE CHASTISEMENT CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 3:5 . And the children of Israel dwelt.] Here are two downward steps at once—a refusal to drive out...
Judges 3:7 . The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves. So is the French. אשׁרות asheroth; rendered by the Chaldaic and the Latin versions, lucis, light. The sense seems to be a revo...
Othniel the son of Kenaz . .. and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him. The controlling man It is the personal soul that is the basis of all action. Your machinery is soulless, and the true...
EXPOSITION This section introduces us into the actual narrative of the Book of Judges, the prefatory matter being now concluded. The whole book proceeds on the same model as this section does. T...
Othniel Judge of Israel
1 Chronicles 4:13 ; Esther 9:22 ; Joshua 11:23 ; Joshua 15:17 ; Judges 3:30 ; Judges 3:9 ; Judges 5:31 ; Judges 8:28
Forty years — It rested about forty years, or the greatest part of forty years: it being most frequent in scripture to use numbers in such a latitude. Nor is it unusual either in scripture, or in o...