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CHAP. III. / 1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel. 6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie. 8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim. 12 Ehud from Eglon. 31 Shamgar from the

1Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prooue Israel by them, (euen as many of Israel as had not knowen all the warres of Canaan;Select Judges 3:1

2Onely that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them warre, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof:)Select Judges 3:2

3Namely fiue lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hiuites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon, vnto the entring in of Hamath.Select Judges 3:3

4And they were to prooue Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken vnto the Commandements of the Lord, which hee commaunded their fathers by the hand of Moses.Select Judges 3:4

5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hiuites, and Iebusites,Select Judges 3:5

6And they tooke their daughters to be their wiues, and gaue their daughters to their sonnes, and serued their gods.Select Judges 3:6

7And the children of Israel did euill in the sight of the Lord, and forgate the Lord their God, and serued Baalim, and the groues.Select Judges 3:7

8Therefore the anger of the Lord was hote against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel serued Chushan-Rishathaim eight yeeres.Select Judges 3:8

9And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord, the Lord raised vp a deliuerer to the children of Israel, who deliuered them, euen Othniel the sonne of Kenaz, Calebs yonger brother.Select Judges 3:9

10And the Spirit of the Lord came vpon him, and he iudged Israel, and went out to warre, & the Lord deliuered Chushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand preuailed against Chushan-Rishathaim.Select Judges 3:10

11And the land had rest forty yeres: and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz died.Select Judges 3:11

12And the children of Israel did euill againe in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done euill in the sight of the Lord.Select Judges 3:12

13And hee gathered vnto him the children of Ammon, and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of Palme-trees.Select Judges 3:13

14So the children of Israel serued Eglon the King of Moab eighteene yeeres.Select Judges 3:14

15But when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord, the Lord raised them vp a deliuerer, Ehud the sonne of Gera, a Beniamite, a man left handed: and by him the children of Israel sent a Present vnto Eglon the king of Moab.Select Judges 3:15

16But Ehud made him a dagger (which had two edges) of a cubite length, and he did gird it vnder his raiment, vpon his right thigh,Select Judges 3:16

17And he brought the present vnto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.Select Judges 3:17

18And when he had made an end to offer the Present, he sent away the people that bare the Present.Select Judges 3:18

19But hee himselfe turned againe from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I haue a secret errand vnto thee, O king: who said, Keepe silence. And all that stood by him, went out from him.Select Judges 3:19

20And Ehud came vnto him, and he was sitting in a Summer parlour, which hee had for himselfe alone: And Ehud said, I haue a message from God vnto thee. And he arose out of his seat.Select Judges 3:20

21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and tooke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.Select Judges 3:21

22And the haft also went in after the blade: and the fatte closed vpon the blade, so that hee could not drawe the dagger out of his belly, and the dirt came out.Select Judges 3:22

23Then Ehud went forth through the porche, and shut the doores of the parlour vpon him, and locked them.Select Judges 3:23

24When he was gone out, his seruants came, and when they saw, that behold, the doores of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he couereth his feet in his Summer chamber.Select Judges 3:24

25And they taried till they were ashamed: and behold, he opened not the doores of the parlour, therefore they tooke a key, and opened them: and behold, their lord was fallen downe dead on the earth.Select Judges 3:25

26And Ehud escaped while they taried: and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped vnto Seirath.Select Judges 3:26

27And it came to passe when hee was come, that hee blew a trumpet in the mountaine of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went downe with him from the mount, & he before them.Select Judges 3:27

28And hee said vnto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath deliuered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went downe after him, and tooke the foords of Iordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to passe ouer.Select Judges 3:28

29And they slewe of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour, and there escaped not a man.Select Judges 3:29

30So Moab was subdued that day vnder the hand of Israel: and the land had rest fourescore yeeres.Select Judges 3:30

31And after him was Shamgar the sonne of Anath, which slew of the Philistines sixe hundred men with an oxe goad, and he also deliuered Israel.Select Judges 3:31