9And 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.
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But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 tak…
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