Jdg 3:7-11 - Commentary

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Text -- Judges 3:7-11 (NET)

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Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. 3:8 The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects for eight years. 3:9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 3:10 The Lord’s spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the Lord handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram and he overpowered him. 3:11 The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Baal a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite

· Caleb son of Hezron son of Perez son of Judah

· Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia in the time of the judges

· Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia in the time of the judges

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Kenaz son of Eliphaz son of Esau,a chief of Edom,a descendant of Jephunneh of Judah; brother to Caleb the friend of Joshua; father of Othniel,son of Elah of Jephunneh of Judah

· Mesopotamia the country between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers,the region between (and around) the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

· Othniel son of Kenaz of Judah; son-in-law to his uncle Caleb

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NET Notes: Jdg 3:7 The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

NET Notes: Jdg 3:8 Or “they served Cushan-Rishathaim.”

NET Notes: Jdg 3:9 “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel is Caleb’s nephew).

NET Notes: Jdg 3:10 Heb “his hand was strong against Cushan-Rishathaim.”

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