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Othniel

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord ; they forgot the Lord ^(m) their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.⁽ⁿ⁾

The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold^(o) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim^(p) king of Aram Naharaim,^[a](q) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

But when they cried out^(r) to the Lord , he raised up for them a deliverer,^(s) Othniel^(t) son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, who saved them.

The Spirit of the Lord came on him,^(u) so that he became Israel's judge^[b] and went to war. The Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim^(v) king of Aram^(w) into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.

So the land had peace^(x) for forty years,^(y) until Othniel son of Kenaz^(z) died.