Judges 3:11

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 y...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 fa...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 "tele...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ch...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

History of the Judges ( Judges 3:5 to Judges 16:31 ) On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of Oppressions and Judges. T...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The land had rest forty years. — Rabbi Tanchum interprets this to mean, “till forty years after the death of Joshua.” For the very difficult chrono...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ARM OF ARAM AND OF OTHNIEL Judges 3:1-11 WE come now to a statement of no small importance, which may be the cause of some perplexity. It i...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Delivered from Mesopotamian Oppression Judges 3:1-14 Our sins and failures will sometimes be so overruled as to promote the growth of our souls...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably in this decl...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 g...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 eigh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Josh...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL (vv. 1-6) The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with learning it by means of the nation...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Government of Othniel. B. C. 1336. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 numb...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ 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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS.— Judges 3:5-11 GREAT SIN AND SEVERE CHASTISEMENT CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 3:5 . And the children of Israel dwelt.] Here are...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 vers...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This section introduces us into the actual narrative of the Book of Judges, the prefatory matter being now concluded. The whole book...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Othniel Judge of Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the land had rest forty years, the people being able to follow all the pursuits of peace without outside interference. And Othniel, the son of K...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 latitu...

¹¹ And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Related Commentaries of Judges 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 3:11