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| Name | OTHNIEL |
| Aliases | SON OF KENAZ / KINSMAN OF CALEB / THE FIRST JUDGE OF ISRAEL |
| Status | DECEASED / DELIVERED ISRAEL / LAND HAD REST FORTY YEARS |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE WARRIOR WHO TOOK KIRIATH-SEPHER |
| Place of Birth | JUDAH | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | JUDAH (HOUSE OF KENAZ) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF KENAZ, YOUNGER KINSMAN OF CALEB | People | ISRAEL |
| Occupation | WARRIOR / JUDGE AND DELIVERER | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE MEN OF ISRAEL | Calling | FIRST DELIVERER RAISED UP BY GOD |
| Primary Mission | FREE ISRAEL FROM CUSHAN-RISHATHAIM | Known Signs | THE CAPTURE OF DEBIR / THE FIRST DELIVERANCE |
| Covenant Role | FIRST OF THE JUDGES OF ISRAEL | Divine Access | INDIRECT / THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM - JDG 3:10 |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Judicial Classification | THE FIRST JUDGE |
| Covenant Status | DELIVERER | Known Miracles | ARAM SUBDUED BY HIS HAND |
| Divine Commission | CONFIRMED | Threat Assessment | CUSHAN-RISHATHAIM OF ARAM / EIGHT YEARS OF BONDAGE |
| Mission Status | VICTORIOUS / LAND HAD REST FORTY YEARS | Archive Category | JUDGES ERA / DELIVERANCE |
The prize won by taking the city: ACHSAH, CALEB'S DAUGHTER, AS WIFE
What her request secured: THE UPPER AND THE LOWER SPRINGS
The subject first appears in the conquest, when Caleb offered his daughter Achsah to whoever would strike and take Kiriath-sepher. The subject took the city, and Achsah was given to him as wife, asking her father also for springs of water.
After Joshua and that generation died, Israel forgot the LORD and served the Baals, and the LORD sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Aram, whom they served eight years.
When Israel cried out to the LORD, He raised up the subject as the first of the judges to save them, a deliverer from the house of Caleb's kin.
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel and went out to war. The LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim into his hand, and his hand prevailed against the king of Aram.
So the land had rest forty years, until the subject the son of Kenaz died. He stands first in the long line of judges God raised up to rescue His wayward people.
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- God raises up deliverers the moment His people turn back and cry to Him.
- Courage proven in small conquests prepares us for larger callings.
- The Spirit of the LORD, not human strength, wins the true victory.
