CHUSAN-RASATHAIM (Hebrew: Kûfan Rî́'âthajim). — A king, according to the Vulgate, of Mesopotamia and Syria (Judg. 3:8, 10).
The Hebrew text calls him king of 'Aram Nahdrajim or "Aram (q.v.) of the two rivers." Some identify C. as the head of an Arab tribe, reading Edom for Aram (cf. Hab. 3:7). Others have sought to equate C. with Tushratta, king of Mitanni, a contemporary of Amenhotep II (cf. H. Hänsler, *Der historische Hintergrund von Richter 3, 8-10*, in *Biblica*, 11 [1930], pp. 391-418; 12 [1931], pp. 3-26, 271-96, 395-410). C. was the first oppressor of the Hebrews after the death of Joshua; after eight years, the Lord raised up Othniel, the first Judge, who defeated him and brought forty years of peace to Israel.