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] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Ver. 9. And the Lord raised up a deliverer.] Heb., A saviour. A word so emphatical, that other tongues can hardly find a fit word to express it, as Cicero observeth of the Greek word σωτηρ .
Verse Judges 3:9. _RAISED UP - OTHNIEL, THE SON OF KENAZ_] This noble Hebrew was of the tribe of Judah, and nephew and son-in-law to Caleb, whose praise stands without abatement in the sacred records...
Othniel was already distinguished in Joshua’s lifetime as a brave and successful leader. See Joshua 15:16....
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...
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,...
DELIVERER. saviour. DELIVERED. saved. Compare Luke 1:68. OTHNIEL. Compare Joshua 15:16; Joshua 15:17....
The verse is composed of the standing phrases of the Dtc. compiler: _cried unto the Lord Judges 3:15_, Judges 4:3; Judges 6:6-7; Judges 10:10; raised up … sav
_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...
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...
_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 OTHNIEL THE SON OF KENAZ, CALEB'S YOUNGER BROTHER._ When the c...
OTHNIEL] cp. Judges 1:13...
THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
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...
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...
CRIED UNTO THE LORD. — “In the time of their trouble, when they cried unto Thee, Thou heardest them from heaven; and according to Thy manifold mercies Thou gavest them saviours” (Nehemiah 9:27). “Then...
וַ יִּזְעֲק֤וּ בְנֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל ־יְהוָ֔ה...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_Saviour. "We must remark, that the man by whom God grants us safety, is styled a saviour," (St. Augustine, q. 18,) though Christ is the proper and principal Saviour. (Worthington) --- Caleb. Septuagi...
Observe; before Israel's deliverance there was a cry to God for relief. How sweet is it to see when from the first descent of grace in the heart, the soul goes forth in the ascending prayer for mercy....
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...
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-...
AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Towards the close of the eight years' bondage, as it may be supposed, groaning under the oppressive taxes laid upon them, and the bondage they...
_When the children of Israel cried unto the Lord_ When they returned to him in repentance, acknowledged him to be their only Protector and Saviour, and prayed fervently for pardon and deliverance; _th...
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...
And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, as they felt the severity of the oppression more and more, THE LORD RAISED UP A DELIVERER TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, a man who was to save them fro...
OTHNIEL JUDGE OF ISRAEL...
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...
DELIVERER: _ Heb._ saviour...
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...
CRIED UNTO THE LORD, i.e. prayed fervently for deliverance. CALEB'S YOUNGER BROTHER; of which SEE POOLE ON "JUDGES 1:13"....
Judges 3:9 children H1121 Israel H3478 cried H2199 (H8799) LORD H3068 LORD H3068 up H6965 (H8686) deliverer...
‘ And when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel who saved them, even Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.' “THE CHILDREN OF ISR...
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...
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...
_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...
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
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:9 OTHNIEL of Judah had captured the city of Kiriath-sepher and had become Caleb’s son-in-law (see Judges 1:13). The Spirit o
_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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 12:10; Judges 1:13; Judges 10:10; Judges 2:16; Judges 3:15;...
Cried — That is, prayed fervently for deliverance....