Book 07 : JUDGES - Chapter 003
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Only that the generations of the children of Israel might
know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew
nothing thereof
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Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites,
and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount
Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath
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And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they
would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he
commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses
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And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites,
Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and
Jebusites
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And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave
their daughters to their sons, and served their gods
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD,
and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the
groves
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Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served
Chushanrishathaim eight years
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And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered
them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother
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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged
Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered
Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his
hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim
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And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of
Kenaz died
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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against
Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD
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And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and
went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees
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So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab
eighteen years
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But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite,
a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a
present unto Eglon the king of Moab
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But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit
length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right
thigh
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And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon
was a very fat man
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And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away
the people that bare the present
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But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by
Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king:
who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out
from him
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And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer
parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have
a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat
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And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his belly
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And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed
upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of
his belly; and the dirt came out
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Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of
the parlour upon him, and locked them
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When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw
that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said,
Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber
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And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he
opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a
key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down
dead on the earth
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And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath
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And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet
in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went
down with him from the mount, and he before them
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And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath
delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they
went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab,
and suffered not a man to pass over
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And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all
lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man
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So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the
land had rest fourscore years
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And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the
Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also
delivered Israel
Book 07 : JUDGES - Chapter 003
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