CHUSAN RASATHAIM (Hebr. Kūfan Rīš'āthajim). — King, according to the Vulgate, of Mesopotamia and Syria (Iudc. 3:8, 10).
The Hebrew text calls him king of ’Āram Nahārajim, or “Aram (v.) of the two rivers.” Some regard C. as the chief of an Arab tribe, reading Edom instead of Aram (cf. Hab. 3:7). Others have attempted to identify C. with Tuśratta, king of Mitanni, a contemporary of Amenophis 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, securing for Israel a peaceable freedom for forty years.