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Now these are the nations which the LORD left ,
to prove Israel by them ,
even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ;
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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 .