Judges 3:11

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
land	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
rest	וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט va.tish.Kot	H8252	to repose (usually figurative) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֣ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֑ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Othniel	עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל 'a.te.ni.'El	H6274	Othniel · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Kenaz	קְנַֽז ke.Naz	H7073	Kenaz · proper noun, a man's name
died	וַיָּ֖מָת vai.Ya.mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Joshua 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 t…
Judges 3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
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 fo…
Judges 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 ye…
Esther 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…
Joshua 15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Judges 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 Othn…
1 Chronicles 4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:8-11

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 to be corrupted and their peace (by consequence) disturbed. And those who have taken pains to enquire into the sacred chronology are generally agreed that the Danites' idolatry, and the war with the Benjamites for abusing the Levite's concubine, though related in the latter end of this book, happened about this time, under or before the government of Othniel, who, though a judge,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 3:11

Othniel . . . died--How powerful the influence of one good man is, in church or state, is best found in his loss [BISHOP HALL].

John Gill on Judges 3:11

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 Bishop Usher (r) reckons these forty years from the rest first settled in the land by Joshua; but the former sense seems best: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died: not at the end of the forty years; it is not likely he should live so long, but when he died is not certain; Eusebius (s) says he judged Israel fifty years. (r) Anual. Vet. Test. p. 42. (s) Evangel. Praepar. l. 1O. c. 14. p. 502.

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 3:7-11

II. History of the People of Israel under the Judges - Judges 3:7-16:31 In order that we may be able to take a distinct survey of the development of the Israelites in the three different stages of the their history duringthe times of the judges, the first thing of importance to be done is to determine the chronology of the period of the judges, inasmuch as not only have greatly divergent opinions prevailed upon this point, but hypotheses have been set up, which endanger and to some extent directly overthrow the historical character of the accounts which the book of Judges contains. (Note: Rud. Chr. v. Bennigsen, for example, reckons up fifty different calculations, and the list might be stil…

The Church Fathers

The Scripture testifies that, under judge Gotoniel, the promised land was in peace, free of wars, for forty years. It is the space of time that the beginnings of the Roman Empire under Numa Pompilio could have in peace as the only king.
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON JUDGES, Q. 19 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Goad — (Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen. Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad. “The goad is a formidable weapon. It is sometimes ten…
Forty · .Peace in Israel — .Peace in Israel
Judge · 1. Othniel — 1. Othniel
Judgments · May be averted by: Prayer — May be averted by: Prayer
Kenaz · 3. Brother of — 3. Brother of
Nation · Instances of national peace — Instances of national peace
Othniel · Becomes the — Becomes the

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:8-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 3:11

John Gill on Judges 3:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 3:7-11

The Church Fathers

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:8-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 3:11

John Gill on Judges 3:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 3:7-11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 3:10