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3:1  Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
3:2  Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least those who before knew nothing thereof;
3:3  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 entrance of Hamath.
3:4  And they were to test 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.
3:5  And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
3:6  And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
3:7  And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the idol poles.
3:8  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.
3:9  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.
3:10  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.
3:11  And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
3:12  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.
3:13  And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
3:14  So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
3:15  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 left-handed: and by him the children of Israel sent tribute unto Eglon the king of Moab.
3:16  But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he did gird it under his clothes upon his right thigh.
3:17  And he brought the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
3:18  And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that bore the tribute.
3:19  But he himself turned back at the stone images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret message unto you, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
3:20  And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer chamber, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto you. And he arose out of his seat.
3:21  And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
3:22  And the hilt 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 his entrails came out.
3:23  Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the chamber behind him, and locked them.
3:24  When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he is relieving himself in his summer chamber.
3:25  And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the chamber; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the floor.
3:26  And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the stone images, and escaped unto Seirath.
3:27  And it came to pass, when he had 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 was before them.
3:28  And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and allowed not a man to pass over.
3:29  And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all strong, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man.
3:30  So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
3:31  And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.