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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, Judge...
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II. THE DECLENSIONS, PUNISHMENTS AND DELIVERANCES
1. The Sin of Idolatry and Othniel
CHAPTER 3:5-11
_ 1. The first declension (Judges 3:5)_
2. Sold to the king of Mesopotamia (Judges 3:8)
3. The...
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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, oppression,...
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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. In
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_And the land had rest forty years_ A formula of the editor, to whom
the chronological scheme of the Book is due; cf. Judges 3:30; Judges
5:31; Judges 8:28; and Josh
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_Othniel delivers Israel from Cushan-rishathaim_
The account of this deliverance is given as a typical illustration of
the theory announced in Judges 2:11-19. It is composed almost entirely
of the st...
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List of Judges Judges 3:8 to Judges 16:31
_Othniel Judges and Delivers Israel Judges 3:8-11_
8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hand of Chushan-rishat...
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_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. Hall)....
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THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR
1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
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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. The larger part of the book is concerned with
six of the Ju...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 These are the nations that the *Lord left. He left them in order
to test *Israel’s people. These people had not fought any wars in
*Canaan. V2...
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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
quest...
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וַ תִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָ אָ֖רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים
שָׁנָ֑ה...
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THE ARM OF ARAM AND OF OTHNIEL
Judges 3:1
WE come now to a statement of no small importance, which may be the
cause of some perplexity. It is emphatically affirmed that God
fulfilled His design for I...
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DELIVERED FROM MESOPOTAMIAN OPPRESSION
Judges 3:1
Our sins and failures will sometimes be so overruled as to promote the
growth of our souls in the true knowledge of ourselves and of God. It
would be...
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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 declaration. The people who had refused to cast out the...
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Unfortunately, Israel at this time failed the test because the people
took the daughters of the nations for their sons' wives and gave their
own daughters to the sons of the nations to have as wives....
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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....
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Died, "forty years after Josue, according to the chronology of Usher,
which we follow," (Calmet) or rather Usher translates the land began
to rest "in the fortieth year" from the peace of Josue. He pl...
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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 h...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5.
God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had
left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the
proof-...
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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 Bi...
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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 s...
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1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel.
6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie.
8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim.
12 Ehud from Eglon.
31 Shamgar from the Philistin...
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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 nations left in the land, for God is not
going to exempt an...
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8-11 The first judge was Othniel: even in Joshua's time Othniel began
to be famous. Soon after Israel's settlement in Canaan their purity
began to be corrupted, and their peace disturbed. But afflict...
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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 said...
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Judges 3:11 land H776 rest H8252 (H8799) forty H705 years H8141
Othniel H6274 son H1121 Kenaz H7073 died...
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‘ 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 also...
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CONTENTS: Apostasies of Israel. Deliverances through Othniel, Ehud and
Shamgar.
CHARACTERS: God, Othniel, Chushan-rishathian, Eglou, Ehud, Shamgar.
CONCLUSION: Man's memory is treacherous in that it...
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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 revolt...
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_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 driv...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:7 The Downward Spiral of Israel’s
Unfaithfulness. The main part of the book of Judges 1:1 shows how
Israel fell increasingly into sin. It includes the storie
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_MAIN HOMILETICS.— Judges 3:5_
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 the Canaan...
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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. The apo...
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Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel (Judges
3:1),
There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the
Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amor...
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1 Chronicles 4:13; Esther 9:22; Joshua 11:23; Joshua 15:17; Judges
3:30
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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 othe...