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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==
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[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;
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;
[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>
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[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.
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.
[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.
[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.
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[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.
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.
[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.
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[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.
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.
[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.
[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.
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[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."
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."
[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.
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[26] Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i'rah.
Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i'rah.
[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.
[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.
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[31] After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel.
After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel.
==Chapter .4==
==Chapter .4==
