3:1 And these [are] the nations which the
Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of
Chanaan.
3:2 Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only
the men before them knew them not.
3:3 The five lordships of the Phylistines, and every Canaanite, and the
Sidonian, and the Evite who dwelt in Libanus from the mount of Aermon to
Laboemath.
3:4 And [this] was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether
they would obey the commands of Yehovah, which he charged their fathers by
the hand of Moses.
3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, and the
Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the
Jebusite.
3:6 And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave
their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Yehovah, and forgot
Yehovah their Elohim, and served Baalim and the groves.
3:8 And Yehovah was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of
Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served
Chusarsathaim eight years.
3:9 And the children of Israel cried to Yehovah; and Yehovah raised up a
saviour to Israel, and he saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the
brother of Chaleb younger than himself.
3:10 And the Spirit of Yehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he
went out to war against Chusarsathaim: and Yehovah delivered into his hand
Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers, and his hand prevailed against
Chusarsathaim.
3:11 And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez
died.
3:12 And the children of Israel continued to do evil before Yehovah: and
Yehovah strengthened Eglom king of Moab against Israel, because they had
done evil before Yehovah.
3:13 And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and
went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees.
3:14 And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen
years.
3:15 And the children of Israel cried to Yehovah; and he raised up to them
a saviour, Aod the son of Gera a son of Jemeni, a man who used both hands
alike: and the children of Israel sent gifts by his hand to Eglom king of
Moab.
3:16 And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he
girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
3:17 And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom
[was] a very handsome man.
3:18 And it came to pass when [Aod] had made an end of offering his gifts,
that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
3:19 And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod
said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be
silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.
3:20 And Aod went in to him; and he sat in his own upper summer chamber
quite alone; and Aod said, I have a message from Elohim to thee, O king: and
Eglom rose up from his throne near him.
3:21 And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left
hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his
belly;
3:22 and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon
the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.
3:23 And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed
[guards], and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked [them].
3:24 And he went out: and Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the
doors of the upper chamber [were] locked; and they said, Does he not uncover
his feet in the summer-chamber?
3:25 And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one
that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and
opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth.
3:26 And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention
to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha.
3:27 And it came to pass when Aod came into the land of Israel, that he blew
the horn in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came down with him
from the mountain, and he [was] before them.
3:28 And he said to them, Come down after me, for Yehovah Elohim has delivered
our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and
seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to
pass over.
3:29 And they smote Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every [lusty]
person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
3:30 So Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel, and the land
had rest eighty years; and Aod judged them till he died.
3:31 And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and smote the
Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a ploughshare [such as is
drawn by] oxen; and he too delivered Israel. |
3:1 Now these are the nations which Yehovah
left, to prove 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 the least such as 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 entering in of Hamath.
3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would
hearken unto the commandments of Yehovah, 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 Yehovah, and forgat
Yehovah their Elohim, and served Baalim and the groves.
3:8 Therefore the anger of Yehovah 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 Yehovah, Yehovah 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 Yehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel, and
went out to war: and Yehovah 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 Yehovah: and
Yehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they
had done evil in the sight of Yehovah.
3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and
smote 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 Yehovah, Yehovah 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.
3:16 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.
3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a
very fat man.
3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the
people that bare the present.
3:19 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.
3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he
had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from Elohim unto thee.
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 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.
3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the
parlor upon him, and locked them.
3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,
behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth
his feet in his summer chamber.
3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the
doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and,
behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries,
and escaped unto Seirath.
3:27 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.
3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for Yehovah 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.
3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty,
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, which slew of the
Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. |