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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Othniel was already distinguished in Joshua’s lifetime as a brave and successful leader. See Jos 15:16-17.
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…
Cambridge Bible
The verse is composed of the standing phrases of the Dtc. compiler: cried unto the Lord Jdg 3:3, Jdg 4:3; Jdg 6:6-7; Jdg 10:10; raised up … saved Jdg 3:3, see Jdg 2:16 n.
Othniel See Jdg 1:13 n.
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