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Selected Verse: Judges 3:11 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jud 3:11 |
King James |
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Othniel . . . died--How powerful the influence of one good man is, in church or state, is best found in his loss [BISHOP HALL]. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The land - means here, as in Jdg 1:2, not the whole land of Canaan, but the part concerned, probably the land of the tribe of Judah. Forty years, here and elsewhere, is (like fourscore years, Jdg 3:30) a round number, perhaps equivalent to a generation. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Forty years - It rested about forty years, or the greatest part of forty years: it being most frequent in scripture to use numbers in such a latitude. Nor is it unusual either in scripture, or in other authors, for things to be denominated from the greater part; especially, when they enjoyed some degrees of rest and peace even in their times of slavery. |
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.