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OTHNIEL , in the See also:

Bible, a See also:clan settled at Debir or Kirjathsepher in S. See also:Palestine (Judg. i. 12 sqq., Josh. xv. 16 sqq., contrast Josh. x. 38 seq.), described as the " See also:brother " of See also:Caleb. The name appears in Judg. iii. 7-11 (see See also:JUDGES), as that of a here who delivered See also:Israel from a See also:North Syrian See also:king. That a kink from the See also:Euphrates who had subjugated See also:Canaan should have been defeated by a clan of the See also:south of Palestine has See also:beef` doubted. There is no See also:evidence of such a situation, and it has been conjectured that Cushan-Rishathaim (the name suggests " C. of See also:double wickedness "!) of See also:Aram (o,K) has arisen from some king (cp. Husham, Gen. See also:xxxvi. 34) or clan (cp. See also:Cush, Num. xii.

1; Cushan, Hab. iii. 7) of See also:

Edom (Du) to the south or south-See also:east of Palestine. Othniel recurs in 1 Chron. iv. 13. See A. Klostermann, Gesch. d. Volkes Israel (1896), p. 122 ; See also:Cheyne, Ency. Bib. See also:col. 969 seq. and references; also the literature to JUDGES.

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