Othniel
Othniel means "Lion of God" or "God is force". He is the judge after Joshua & the elders that outlived Joshua are gone. He judged Israel from 2541 FC to 2581 FC (1427 BC – 1387 BC | 40 yrs) when Israel was sold to the Mesopotamians. He is the 2nd judge, the 1st being Joshua son of Nun.
Othniel is the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, from the tribe of Judah. He defeated Chushanrishathaim (meaning "twice-wicked Cushan", cushan means "the blackness"), the king of the Mesopotamians
Verses that mention "Othniel"
Joshua 15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Judges 1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Judges 3:9 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.
Judges 3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
1 Chronicles 4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
1 Chronicles 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
