Judges 3
3NOW THESE are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not previously experienced war in Canaan;H1471H3068H3240H5254H3478H3045H4421H36672It was only that the generations of the Israelites might know and be taught war, at least those who previously knew nothing of it.H7535H1755H1121H3478H3045H3925H4421H6440H30453The remaining nations are: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.H2568H5633H6430H3669H6722H2340H3427H2022H3844H2022H1179H935H25744They were for the testing {and} proving of Israel to know whether Israel would listen {and} obey the commandments of the Lord, which He commanded their fathers by Moses.H5254H3478H3045H8085H4687H3068H6680H1H3027H48725And the Israelites dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites;H1121H3478H3427H7130H3669H2850H567H6522H2340H29836And they married their daughters and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.H3947H1323H802H5414H1323H1121H5647H4307And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord and forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.H1121H3478H6213H7451H5869H3068H7911H3068H430H5647H1168H8428So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the Israelites served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.H639H3068H2734H3478H4376H3027H3573H4428H763H1121H3478H5647H3573H8083H81419But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel to deliver them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.H1121H3478H2199H3068H3068H6965H3467H1121H3478H3467H6274H1121H7073H3612H6996H25110The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand and his hand prevailed over Chushan-rishathaim.H7307H3068H8199H3478H3318H4421H3068H5414H3573H4428H763H3027H3027H5810H357311And the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.H776H8252H705H8141H6274H1121H7073H419112And the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.H1121H3478H6213H7451H3254H5869H3068H3068H2388H5700H4428H4124H3478H6213H7451H5869H306813And [Eglon] gathered to him the men of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and they possessed the City of Palm Trees (Jericho).H622H1121H5983H6002H3212H5221H3478H3423H5892H8558H589914And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.H1121H3478H5647H5700H4428H4124H8083H6240H814115But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a left-handed man; and by him the Israelites sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.H1121H3478H2199H3068H3068H6965H3467H164H1121H1617H1145H376H334H3225H3027H1121H3478H7971H4503H5700H4428H412416Ehud made for himself a sword, a cubit long, which had two edges, and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothing.H164H6213H2719H8147H6366H1574H753H2296H4055H3225H340917And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.H7126H4503H5700H4428H4124H5700H3966H1277H37618And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried it.H3615H7126H4503H7971H5971H5375H450319He himself went [with them] as far as the sculptured [boundary] stones near Gilgal, and then turned back and came to Eglon and said, I have a secret errand to you, O king. Eglon commanded silence, and all who stood by him went out from him.H7725H6456H1537H559H5643H1697H4428H559H2013H5975H331820When Ehud had come [near] to him as he was sitting alone in his cool upper apartment, Ehud said, I have a commission from God to execute to you. And the king arose from his seat.H164H935H3427H4747H5944H164H559H1697H430H6965H367821Then Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into Eglon's belly.H164H7971H8040H3027H3947H2719H3225H3409H8628H99022And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade, for [Ehud] did not draw the sword out of his belly, and the dirt came out.H5325H935H310H3851H2459H5462H1157H3851H8025H2719H990H6574H331823Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the upper room upon [Eglon] and locked them.H164H3318H4528H5462H1817H5944H527424When [Ehud] had gone out, [Eglon's] servants came. And when they saw the doors of the upper room were locked, they thought, Surely he [is seeking privacy while he] relieves himself in the closet of the cool chamber.H3318H5650H935H7200H1817H5944H5274H559H5526H7272H4747H231525They waited a long time until they became embarrassed {and} uneasy, but when he still did not open the doors of the upper room, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their master fallen to the floor, dead!H2342H954H6605H1817H5944H3947H4668H6605H113H5307H4191H77626Ehud escaped while they delayed and passed beyond the sculptured [boundary] stones (images) and escaped to Seirah.H164H4422H4102H5674H6456H4422H816727When he arrived, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down from the hill country, with him at their head.H935H8628H7782H2022H669H1121H3478H3381H2022H644028And he said to them, Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and permitted not a man to pass over.H559H7291H310H3068H5414H341H4124H3027H3381H310H3920H4569H3383H4124H5414H376H567429They slew at that time about 10,000 Moabites, all strong, courageous men; not a man escaped.H5221H4124H6256H6235H505H376H8082H376H2428H4422H37630So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had peace {and} rest for eighty years.H4124H3665H3117H3027H3478H776H8252H8084H814131After [Ehud] was Shamgar son of Anath, who slew 600 Philistine men with an oxgoad. He also delivered Israel.H310H8044H1121H6067H5221H6430H8337H3967H376H1241H4451H3467H3478
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