The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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- KJV And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- BSB So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- NKJV So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- NASB Then the land was at rest for forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- NLT So there was peace in the land for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
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- Josh 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
- Judg 8:28So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
- Judg 5:31“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
- Judg 3:30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
- Esth 9:22as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.
- Josh 15:17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- 1 Chr 4:13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
- Judg 3:9When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
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