Judges 3:9-11

9 But when they cried out to the LORD, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them.
10 The Spirit of the LORD came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge[a] and went to war. The LORD gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.
11 So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Judges 3:9-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 3

This chapter gives an account of the nations left in Canaan to prove Israel, and who became a snare unto them, Jud 3:1-7; and of the servitude of Israel under the king of Mesopotamia for their sins, from which they were delivered by Othniel, Jud 3:8-11; and of their subjection to the Moabites, from which they were freed by Ehud, who privately assassinated the king of Moab, and then made his escape, Jud 3:12-30; and of the destruction of a large number of Philistines by Shamgar, with an ox goad, Jud 3:31.

Cross References 9

  • 1. ver 15; Judges 6:6,7; Judges 10:10; 1 Samuel 12:10; Psalms 106:44; Psalms 107:13
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 28:29; Nehemiah 9:27
  • 3. S Joshua 15:17; Judges 1:13
  • 4. S Numbers 11:25,29; Numbers 24:2; Judges 6:34; Judges 11:29; Judges 13:25; Judges 14:6,19; Judges 15:14; 1 Samuel 11:6; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Kings 18:46; 1 Chronicles 12:18; 2Ch Numbers 24:20; Isaiah 11:2
  • 5. ver 8
  • 6. S Genesis 10:22
  • 7. ver 30; S Joshua 14:15; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28
  • 8. S Exodus 16:35
  • 9. S Joshua 15:17

Footnotes 1

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