TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.” (Judges 1:11-13 KJV)

BIBLE TWEET: Caleb promised his daughter Achsah in marriage to whoever conquered and captured Debir. Othniel, Caleb’s nephew, as well as Israel’s first judge, won Achsah’s hand by heroically whipping Debir and handing it over to Caleb. (Joshua 15:15-17)

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: Othniel is important, not only as a transitional figure—the first of the twelve judges God raised up to lead Israel after the deaths of Moses and Joshua—but also as a symbolic figure. His name meant “God is my strength,” and according to Judges 3:10, it was the Spirit of the Lord coming upon him that strengthen him to defeat the Mesopotamians and deliver Israel from the oppressive hand of Chushan-risathaim, the Mesopotamian king. Thus, Othniel exemplifies for us the Scriptural truth that great exploits for God are never done by our might or power, but only by God’s Spirit (Zechariah 4:6).