Judges:3

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* Now these [are ] the Gentiles which the LORD left , to prove Israel with them , [even ] as many [of Israel ] as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; * [he left them ] only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know , [and ] to teach them war , only [for those ] that had known nothing before : * [namely ], five cardinals 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 . * These , therefore , were [left ] to prove Israel by them , to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD , which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses . * And as the sons of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites , Hittites , Amorites , Perizzites , Hivites , and Jebusites , * they took their daughters to be their wives and gave their daughters to their sons and served their gods . * And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and forgot the LORD their God and served the Baalim and the groves . * Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel , and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia , and the sons of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years . * And when the sons of Israel cried unto the LORD , the LORD raised up a saviour to the sons of Israel , who saved them , [even ] Othniel , the son of Kenaz , Caleb 's younger brother . * 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 . * And the land had rest forty years . And Othniel , the son of Kenaz , died . * And the sons 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 . * And he gathered unto him the sons of Ammon and of Amalek and went and smote Israel and took the city of palm trees . * So the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years . * But when the sons of Israel cried unto the LORD , the LORD raised them up a saviour , Ehud , the son of Gera , a son of Jemini , a man , who had his right hand impeded , and by him the sons of Israel sent a present unto Eglon , the king of Moab . * But Ehud had made himself a two-edged sword of a cubit length , and he girded it under his clothing upon his right thigh . * And he brought the present unto Eglon , king of Moab , and Eglon [was ] a very fat man . * And when he had offered the present , he sent away the people that had brought the present . * But he , himself turned again from the graven images that [were ] by Gilgal , and said , I have a secret word for thee , O king , who then said , Keep silence . And all that stood by him went out from him . * 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 word from God unto thee . Then he arose out of [his ] seat . * But Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into Eglon 's belly ; * in such a manner that 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 excrement came out . * Then Ehud went forth through the porch and shut the doors of the parlour upon him and locked them . * When he was gone out , his servants came ; and when they saw that the doors of the parlour [were ] locked , they said , Peradventure he covers his feet in his summer chamber . * And having waited until they were confounded and he [had ] not opened the doors of the parlour ; therefore , they took a key and opened [them ]; and , behold , their lord [was ] fallen down dead on the earth . * But while they had waited , Ehud escaped and passed beyond the graven images and escaped unto Seirath . * And as he entered in , he blew the shofar in the mountain of Ephraim , and the sons of Israel went down with him from the mount , and he before them . * Then he said unto them , Follow after me , for the LORD has delivered your enemies , the Moabites , into your hands . And they went down after him and took the fords of the Jordan towards Moab and did not let anyone pass . * And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men , all fat , and all men of war , and there escaped not a man . * So Moab was subjected that day under the hand of Israel . And the land had rest eighty years . * And after him was Shamgar , the son of Anath , who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad , and he also saved Israel .:

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