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Othniel עׇתְנִיאֵל
A Judge. Othniel, Caleb's nephew, was the first judge of Israel who delivered the people from Cushan-Rishathaim.
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Where Othniel appears
Judges (3), 1 Chronicles (2), Joshua (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 15:17 first mention — 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.
- 1 Chronicles 27:15 — The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.