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Kenaz קְנַז
Kenaz was the father of Othniel, a judge of Israel who delivered the Israelites from the oppression of Cushan-rishathaim.
Also called Kenizzite, Kenezite.
Family
Where Kenaz appears
Joshua (3), Judges (3), Numbers (1), 1 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 32:12 first mention — Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
- Joshua 14:6 — Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
- Joshua 14:14 — Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
- Joshua 15:17 — And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
- Judges 1:13 — And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
- Judges 3:9 — 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.
- Judges 3:11 — And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- 1 Chronicles 4:13 — And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.