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Judges 3:1-29

3:1

Now these [are] the nations
<01471>

which the LORD
<03068>

left
<03240> (8689)_,

to prove
<05254> (8763)

Israel
<03478>

by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known
<03045> (8804)

all the wars
<04421>

of Canaan
<03667>_;

3:2

Only that
<07535>

the generations
<01755>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

might know
<03045> (8800)_,

to teach
<03925> (8763)

them war
<04421>_,

at the least such as before
<06440>

knew
<03045> (8804)

nothing thereof;

3:3

[Namely], five
<02568>

lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and all the Canaanites
<03669>_,

and the Sidonians
<06722>_,

and the Hivites
<02340>

that dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in mount
<02022>

Lebanon
<03844>_,

from mount
<02022>

Baalhermon
<01179>

unto the entering in
<0935> (8800)

of Hamath
<02574>_.

3:4

And they were to prove
<05254> (8763)

Israel
<03478>

by them, to know
<03045> (8800)

whether they would hearken
<08085> (8799)

unto the commandments
<04687>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

which he commanded
<06680> (8765)

their fathers
<01>

by the hand
<03027>

of Moses
<04872>_.

3:5

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

dwelt
<03427> (8804)

among
<07130>

the Canaanites
<03669>_,

Hittites
<02850>_,

and Amorites
<0567>_,

and Perizzites
<06522>_,

and Hivites
<02340>_,

and Jebusites
<02983>_:

3:6

And they took
<03947> (8799)

their daughters
<01323>

to be their wives
<0802>_,

and gave
<05414> (8804)

their daughters
<01323>

to their sons
<01121>_,

and served
<05647> (8799)

their gods
<0430>_.

3:7

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

did
<06213> (8799)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and forgat
<07911> (8799)

the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

and served
<05647> (8799)

Baalim
<01168>

and the groves
<0842>_.

3:8

Therefore the anger
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

was hot
<02734> (8799)

against Israel
<03478>_,

and he sold
<04376> (8799)

them into the hand
<03027>

of Chushanrishathaim
<03573>

king
<04428>

of Mesopotamia
<0763>_:

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

served
<05647> (8799)

Chushanrishathaim
<03573>

eight
<08083>

years
<08141>_.

{Mesopotamia: Heb. Aramnaharaim}

3:9

And when the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

cried
<02199> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

the LORD
<03068>

raised up
<06965> (8686)

a deliverer
<03467> (8688)

to the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

who delivered
<03467> (8686)

them, [even] Othniel
<06274>

the son
<01121>

of Kenaz
<07073>_,

Caleb's
<03612>

younger
<06996>

brother
<0251>_.

{deliverer: Heb. saviour}

3:10

And the Spirit
<07307>

of the LORD
<03068>

came upon him, and he judged
<08199> (8799)

Israel
<03478>_,

and went out
<03318> (8799)

to war
<04421>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

delivered
<05414> (8799)

Chushanrishathaim
<03573>

king
<04428>

of Mesopotamia
<0763>

into his hand
<03027>_;

and his hand
<03027>

prevailed
<05810> (8799)

against Chushanrishathaim
<03573>_.

{came: Heb. was} {Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram}

3:11

And the land
<0776>

had rest
<08252> (8799)

forty
<0705>

years
<08141>_.

And Othniel
<06274>

the son
<01121>

of Kenaz
<07073>

died
<04191> (8799)_.

3:12

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

did
<06213> (8800)

evil
<07451>

again
<03254> (8686)

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

strengthened
<02388> (8762)

Eglon
<05700>

the king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>

against Israel
<03478>_,

because they had done
<06213> (8804)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

3:13

And he gathered
<0622> (8799)

unto him the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>

and Amalek
<06002>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

and smote
<05221> (8686)

Israel
<03478>_,

and possessed
<03423> (8799)

the city
<05892>

of palm trees
<08558> (8677) <05899>_.

3:14

So the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

served
<05647> (8799)

Eglon
<05700>

the king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>

eighteen
<08083> <06240>

years
<08141>_.

3:15

But when the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

cried
<02199> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

the LORD
<03068>

raised them up
<06965> (8686)

a deliverer
<03467> (8688)_,

Ehud
<0164>

the son
<01121>

of Gera
<01617>_,

a Benjamite
<01145>_,

a man
<0376>

lefthanded
<0334> <03225>_:

and by him
<03027>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

sent
<07971> (8799)

a present
<04503>

unto Eglon
<05700>

the king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>_.

{a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini} {lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand}

3:16

But Ehud
<0164>

made
<06213> (8799)

him a dagger
<02719>

which had two
<08147>

edges
<06366>_,

of a cubit
<01574>

length
<0753>_;

and he did gird
<02296> (8799)

it under his raiment
<04055>

upon his right
<03225>

thigh
<03409>_.

3:17

And he brought
<07126> (8686)

the present
<04503>

unto Eglon
<05700>

king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>_:

and Eglon
<05700>

[was] a very
<03966>

fat
<01277>

man
<0376>_.

3:18

And when he had made an end
<03615> (8765)

to offer
<07126> (8687)

the present
<04503>_,

he sent away
<07971> (8762)

the people
<05971>

that bare
<05375> (8802)

the present
<04503>_.

3:19

But he himself turned again
<07725> (8804)

from the quarries
<06456>

that [were] by Gilgal
<01537>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

I have a secret
<05643>

errand
<01697>

unto thee, O king
<04428>_:

who said
<0559> (8799)_,

Keep silence
<02013> (8761)_.

And all that stood
<05975> (8802)

by him went out
<03318> (8799)

from him. {quarries: or, graven images}

3:20

And Ehud
<0164>

came
<0935> (8804)

unto him; and he was sitting
<03427> (8802)

in a summer
<04747>

parlour
<05944>_,

which he had for himself alone. And Ehud
<0164>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

I have a message
<01697>

from God
<0430>

unto thee. And he arose
<06965> (8799)

out of [his] seat
<03678>_.

{a summer...: Heb. a parlour of cooling}

3:21

And Ehud
<0164>

put forth
<07971> (8799)

his left
<08040>

hand
<03027>_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

the dagger
<02719>

from his right
<03225>

thigh
<03409>_,

and thrust
<08628> (8799)

it into his belly
<0990>_:

3:22

And the haft
<05325>

also went in
<0935> (8799)

after
<0310>

the blade
<03851>_;

and the fat
<02459>

closed
<05462> (8799)

upon
<01157>

the blade
<03851>_,

so that he could not draw
<08025> (8804)

the dagger
<02719>

out of his belly
<0990>_;

and the dirt
<06574>

came out
<03318> (8799)_.

{the dirt...: or, it came out at the buttocks}

3:23

Then Ehud
<0164>

went forth
<03318> (8799)

through the porch
<04528>_,

and shut
<05462> (8799)

the doors
<01817>

of the parlour
<05944>

upon him, and locked
<05274> (8804)

them.

3:24

When he was gone out
<03318> (8804)_,

his servants
<05650>

came
<0935> (8804)_;

and when they saw
<07200> (8799)

that, behold, the doors
<01817>

of the parlour
<05944>

[were] locked
<05274> (8803)_,

they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Surely he covereth
<05526> (8688)

his feet
<07272>

in his summer
<04747>

chamber
<02315>_.

{covereth...: or, doeth his easement}

3:25

And they tarried
<02342> (8799)

till they were ashamed
<0954> (8800)_:

and, behold, he opened
<06605> (8802)

not the doors
<01817>

of the parlour
<05944>_;

therefore they took
<03947> (8799)

a key
<04668>_,

and opened
<06605> (8799)

[them]: and, behold, their lord
<0113>

[was] fallen down
<05307> (8802)

dead
<04191> (8801)

on the earth
<0776>_.

3:26

And Ehud
<0164>

escaped
<04422> (8738)

while they tarried
<04102> (8699)_,

and passed beyond
<05674> (8804)

the quarries
<06456>_,

and escaped
<04422> (8735)

unto Seirath
<08167>_.

3:27

And it came to pass, when he was come
<0935> (8800)_,

that he blew
<08628> (8799)

a trumpet
<07782>

in the mountain
<02022>

of Ephraim
<0669>_,

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

went down
<03381> (8799)

with him from the mount
<02022>_,

and he before
<06440>

them.

3:28

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Follow
<07291> (8798)

after
<0310>

me: for the LORD
<03068>

hath delivered
<05414> (8804)

your enemies
<0341> (8802)

the Moabites
<04124>

into your hand
<03027>_.

And they went down
<03381> (8799)

after
<0310>

him, and took
<03920> (8799)

the fords
<04569>

of Jordan
<03383>

toward Moab
<04124>_,

and suffered
<05414> (8804)

not a man
<0376>

to pass over
<05674> (8800)_.

3:29

And they slew
<05221> (8686)

of Moab
<04124>

at that time
<06256>

about ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_,

all lusty
<08082>_,

and all men
<0376>

of valour
<02428>_;

and there escaped
<04422> (8738)

not a man
<0376>_.

{lusty: Heb. fat}