John Gill Commentary Judges 3:11

"And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died." — Judges 3:11 (ASV)

And the land had rest forty years
As it should seem from the time of this deliverance; though, according to Ben Gersom and Abarbinel, the eight years' servitude are to be included in them; and Bishop Usher ^F18 reckons these forty years from the rest first settled in the land by Joshua; but the former sense seems best:

and Othniel the son of Kenaz died :
not at the end of the forty years; it is not likely he should live so long, but when he died is not certain; Eusebius ^F19 says he judged Israel fifty years.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: Anual. Vet. Test. p. 42.
• F19: Evangel. Praepar. l. 1O. c. 14. p. 502.