07_JUD_03_01 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 ;
07_JUD_03_02 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know , to teach them war , at the least such as before knew nothing thereof ;
07_JUD_03_03 [ 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 .
07_JUD_03_04 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 .
07_JUD_03_05 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites , Hittites , And Amorites , And Perizzites , And Hivites , And Jebusites :
07_JUD_03_06 And they took their daughters to be their wives , And gave their daughters to their sons , And served their gods .
07_JUD_03_07 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 .
07_JUD_03_08 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 .
07_JUD_03_09 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 .
07_JUD_03_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 .
07_JUD_03_11 And the land had rest forty years . And Othniel the son of Kenaz died .
07_JUD_03_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 .
07_JUD_03_13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon And Amalek , And went And smote Israel , And possessed the city of palm trees .
07_JUD_03_14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years .
07_JUD_03_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 lefthanded : And by him the children of Israel sent A present unto Eglon the king of Moab .
07_JUD_03_16 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 .
07_JUD_03_17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab : And Eglon [ was ] A very fat man .
07_JUD_03_18 And when he had made an end to offer the present , he sent away the people that bare the present .
07_JUD_03_19 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 .
07_JUD_03_20 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 .
07_JUD_03_21 And Ehud put forth his left hand , And took the dagger from his right thigh , And thrust it into his belly :
07_JUD_03_22 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 .
07_JUD_03_23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch , And shut the doors of the parlour upon him , And locked them .
07_JUD_03_24 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 .
07_JUD_03_25 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 .
07_JUD_03_26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried , And passed beyond the quarries , And escaped unto Seirath .
07_JUD_03_27 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 .
07_JUD_03_28 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 .
07_JUD_03_29 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 .
07_JUD_03_30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel . And the land had rest fourscore years .
07_JUD_03_31 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 .