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| 3 | Judges |
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Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan; | The nations left to test Israel. Jdg.3.1-6 |
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it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before. | |
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These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance of Hamath. | |
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They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of Yahweh, which he commanded their fathers by Moses. | |
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So the people of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; | |
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and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods. | |
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And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, forgetting Yahweh their God, and serving the Baals and the Asheroth. | OTHNIEL - Judge. Jdg.3.7-11 |
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Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. | |
| 9 |
But when the people of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who delivered them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. | |
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The Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and Yahweh gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim. | |
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So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died. | |
| 12 |
And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. | EHUD - Judge. Jdg.3.12-30 |
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He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms. | |
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And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. | |
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But when the people of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. | |
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And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes. | |
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And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. | |
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And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute. | |
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But he himself turned back at the sculptured stones near Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he commanded, "Silence." And all his attendants went out from his presence. | |
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And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat. | |
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And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly; | |
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and the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out. | |
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Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them. | |
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When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, "He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber." | |
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And they waited till they were utterly at a loss; but when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them; and there lay their lord dead on the floor. | |
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Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Seirah. | |
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When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head. | |
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And he said to them, "Follow after me; for Yahweh has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and allowed not a man to pass over. | |
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And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped. | |
| 30 |
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years. | |
| 31 |
After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel. | SHAMGAR - Judge. Jdg.3.31 |
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