Judges Chapter 3 verse 11 Holy Bible
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
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So the land had rest forty years. Then Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz died.
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And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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And the land had rest forty years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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The land had rest forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - And Othniel, etc. The arrangement of this verse suggests that Othniel lived through the whole forty years of rest, but this is highly improbable. The first part of the verse only belongs to the preceding section, which it closes quite naturally. The result of Othniel's victories was a rest of forty years (cf. ver. 30; 5:31; 8:28, etc.). The latter half of the verse - And Othniel the son of Kenaz died - begins a new section, and is introductory to the first apostasy, which followed after his death. CHAPTER 3:13-31
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) 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 questions have been raised, such as--Do the forty years include or exclude the period of servitude? Is forty meant to be an exact or a general number? Are the various periods of rest and servitude continuous and successive, or do they refer to different parts of the Holy Land, and do they synchronise? Perhaps no final answer to these questions is as yet possible, and no less than fifty schemes of the chronology of the period of the judges have been attempted, which fact alone proves how insufficient are the data on which to decide.Died.--Probably during the forty years, unless we suppose that he attained a most unusual age. After this event the tribe of Judah sinks into the background till the days of David.
