And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, [even] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Les enfants d'Israël crièrent à l'Eternel, et l'Eternel leur suscita un libérateur qui les délivra, Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère cadet de Caleb.
KJV
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, [even] Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
that God "raised . . . up a saviour" for the people, and that "the spirit of the Lord was" in them ( Judges 3:9 , 10 , 15 ). Hence the Lord did not leave the choice of a king to the people; but reserved this to Himself, as appears from Dt. 17:15 : "Thou shalt set him whom the Lor…
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