© Charles Chandler

 

Tanakh	commentary
	Tutankhamun abandoned Amarna, exiling the high priests to Moab. Moses took the name Otni'El to acknowledge the stature of Elohim in Canaan.
Judges 3:1-6	The Lord left a bunch of areas left to be conquered, and the Israelites settled among the inhabitants.
Judges 3:7-11	The Lord sold the people into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia, who could have been Esau. After 8 years of that, Otni'El took over, and was the first judge.