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| [23] So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua. | | [23] So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua. |
| ==Chapter .3== | | ==Chapter .3== |
− | [1] | + | [1] Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan; |
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− | Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan; | |
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| [2] 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. | | [2] 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. |
| [3] These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sido'nians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Ba'al-her'mon as far as the entrance of Hamath. | | [3] These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sido'nians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Ba'al-her'mon as far as the entrance of Hamath. |
| [4] They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses. | | [4] They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses. |
− | [5] So the people of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites; | + | [5] <u>So the people of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites; |
− | [6] and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods. | + | [6] and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods.</u> |
− | [7] | + | [7] And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, forgetting the LORD their God, and serving the Ba'als and the Ashe'roth. |
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− | And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, forgetting the LORD their God, and serving the Ba'als and the Ashe'roth. | |
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| [8] Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia; and the people of Israel served Cu'shan-rishatha'im eight years. | | [8] Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia; and the people of Israel served Cu'shan-rishatha'im eight years. |
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| [10] The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the LORD gave Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cu'shan-rishatha'im. | | [10] The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the LORD gave Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cu'shan-rishatha'im. |
| [11] So the land had rest forty years. Then Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz died. | | [11] So the land had rest forty years. Then Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz died. |
− | [12] | + | [12] And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD. |
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− | And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD. | |
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| [13] He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amal'ekites, and went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms. | | [13] He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amal'ekites, and went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms. |
| [14] And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. | | [14] And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. |
− | [15] | + | [15] But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD 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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− | But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD 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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| [16] 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. | | [16] 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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| [22] 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. | | [22] 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. |
| [23] Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them. | | [23] Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them. |
− | [24] | + | [24] 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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− | 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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| [25] 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. | | [25] 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. |
− | [26] | + | [26] Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i'rah. |
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− | Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i'rah. | |
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| [27] When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of E'phraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head. | | [27] When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of E'phraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head. |
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| [29] And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped. | | [29] 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. | | [30] So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years. |
− | [31] | + | [31] After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel. |
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− | After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel. | |
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| ==Chapter .4== | | ==Chapter .4== |