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OTHNIEL  , in the

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

1; Cushan, Hab. iii . 7) of

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

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