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The "Forty Years" of Peace
Commentators explain that the "forty years" of rest is likely a round number representing a generation, not a precise scientific measurement. Scholars note that creating a definitive timeline for the era of the Judges is notoriously difficult, as the periods of rest and servitude for different tribes may have overlapped.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 3:11
18th Century
Theologian
The land - means here, as in (Judges 1:2), not the whole land of Canaan, but the part concerned, probably the land of the tribe …
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 3:11
19th Century
Bishop
The land had rest forty years.—Rabbi Tanchum interprets this to mean, “until forty years after the death of Joshua.” For …
John Gill
On Judges 3:11
17th Century
Pastor
And the land had rest forty years
As it should seem from the time of this deliverance; though, according to Ben Gers…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 3:8–11
17th Century
Minister
The first judge was Othniel. Even in Joshua's time, Othniel began to be famous. Soon after Israel's settlement in Canaan, their purity began to be …