<vn='1'>Now <sn="428">these</s> are the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5117">left</s>, to <sn="5254">prove</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> by them, even <sn="*853"></s> as <sn="3605 834">many</s> of Israel as had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">known</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4421">wars</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="7535">Only</s><sn="4616">that</s> the <sn="1755">generations</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> might <sn="3045">know</s>, to <sn="3925">teach</s> them <sn="4421">war</s>, at the <sn="7535">least</s> such <sn="834">as</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">nothing</s> thereof; </v>
<vn='3'> Namely, <sn="2568">five</s><sn="5633">lords</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s>, and the <sn="6722">Sidonians</s>, and the <sn="2340">Hivites</s> that <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, from <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="1179">Baal</s> -hermon <sn="5704">unto</s> the entering <sn="935">in</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And they <sn="1961">were</s> to <sn="5254">prove</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> by them, to <sn="3045">know</s> whether they would <sn="8085">hearken</s> unto <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandments</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1">fathers</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="7130">among</s> the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s>, <sn="2850">Hittites</s>, and <sn="567">Amorites</s>, and <sn="6522">Perizzites</s>, and <sn="2340">Hivites</s>, and <sn="2983">Jebusites</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1323">daughters</s> to be their <sn="802">wives</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> their <sn="1323">daughters</s> to their <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="430">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7911">forgot</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1168">Baalim</s> and the <sn="842">groves</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Therefore the <sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="2734">hot</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and he <sn="4376">sold</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="3573">Cushan</s> -rishathaim <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="763">Mesopotamia</s>: and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3573">Cushan</s> -rishathaim <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And when the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> raised <sn="6965">up</s> a <sn="3467">deliverer</s> to the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, who <sn="3467">delivered</s> them, even <sn="*853"></s><sn="6274">Othniel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7073">Kenaz</s>, <sn="3612">Caleb</s> 's <sn="6996">younger</s><sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and he <sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and went <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="4421">war</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3573">Cushan</s> -rishathaim <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="763">Mesopotamia</s> into his <sn="3027">hand</s>; and his <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5810">prevailed</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3573">Cushan</s> -rishathaim. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="776">land</s> had <sn="8252">rest</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s>. And <sn="6274">Othniel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7073">Kenaz</s><sn="4191">died</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="3254">again</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2388">strengthened</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5700">Eglon</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5921 3588">because</s> they had <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> and <sn="6002">Amalek</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="3423">possessed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of palm <sn="8558">trees</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>So the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5700">Eglon</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s><sn="8083 6240">eighteen</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>But when the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> raised them <sn="6965">up</s> a <sn="3467">deliverer</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="261">Ehud</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1617">Gera</s>, a <sn="1121 1145">Benjamite</s>, a <sn="376">man</s><sn="334 3027 3225">left</s> -handed: and by <sn="3027">him</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">sent</s> a <sn="4503">present</s> unto <sn="5700">Eglon</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>But <sn="261">Ehud</s><sn="6213">made</s> him a <sn="2719">dagger</s> which had <sn="8147">two</s><sn="6366">edges</s>, of a <sn="1574">cubit</s><sn="753">length</s>; and he did <sn="2296">gird</s> it <sn="4480 8478">under</s> his <sn="4055">raiment</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="3225">right</s><sn="3409">thigh</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="7126">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4503">present</s> unto <sn="5700">Eglon</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: and <sn="5700">Eglon</s> was a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="1277">fat</s><sn="376">man</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="834">when</s> he had made an <sn="3615">end</s> to <sn="7126">offer</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4503">present</s>, he sent <sn="7971">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="5375">bore</s> the <sn="4503">present</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>But <sn="1931">he</s> himself turned <sn="7725">again</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="6456">quarries</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="854">by</s><sn="1537">Gilgal</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, I have a <sn="5643">secret</s><sn="1697">errand</s> unto thee, O <sn="4428">king</s>: who <sn="559">said</s>, Keep <sn="2013">silence</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="5975">stood</s> by him went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> him. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="261">Ehud</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> him; and <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="3427">sitting</s> in a <sn="4747">summer</s><sn="5944">parlor</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he had for himself <sn="905">alone</s>. And <sn="261">Ehud</s><sn="559">said</s>, I have a <sn="1697">message</s> from <sn="430">God</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. And he <sn="6965">arose</s> out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> his <sn="3678">seat</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="261">Ehud</s> put <sn="7971">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8040">left</s><sn="3027">hand</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2719">dagger</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> his <sn="3225">right</s><sn="3409">thigh</s>, and <sn="8628">thrust</s> it into his <sn="990">belly</s>: </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="5325">haft</s><sn="1571">also</s> went <sn="935">in</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="3851">blade</s>; and the <sn="2459">fat</s><sn="5462">closed</s><sn="1157">upon</s> the <sn="3851">blade</s>, so <sn="3588">that</s> he could <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8025">draw</s> the <sn="2719">dagger</s> out of his <sn="4480 990">belly</s>; and the <sn="6574">dirt</s> came <sn="3318">out</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Then <sn="261">Ehud</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s> through the <sn="4528">porch</s>, and <sn="5462">shut</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="5944">parlor</s> upon <sn="1157">him</s>, and <sn="5274">locked</s> them. </v>
<vn='24'>When <sn="1931">he</s> was gone <sn="3318">out</s>, his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="935">came</s>; and when they <sn="7200">saw</s> that, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="5944">parlor</s> were <sn="5274">locked</s>, they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="389">Surely</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="5526">covereth</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7272">feet</s> in his <sn="4747">summer</s><sn="2315">chamber</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And they <sn="2342">tarried</s><sn="5704">till</s> they were <sn="954">ashamed</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he <sn="6605">opened</s><sn="369">not</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="5944">parlor</s>; therefore they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="4668">key</s>, and <sn="6605">opened</s> them: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, their <sn="113">lord</s> was fallen <sn="5307">down</s><sn="4191">dead</s> on the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="261">Ehud</s><sn="4422">escaped</s><sn="5704">while</s> they <sn="4102">tarried</s>, and passed <sn="5674">beyond</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6456">quarries</s>, and <sn="4422">escaped</s> unto <sn="8167">Seirath</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when he was <sn="935">come</s>, that he <sn="8628">blew</s> a <sn="7782">trumpet</s> in the <sn="2022">mountain</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="2022">mount</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="6440">before</s> them. </v>
<vn='28'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="7291">Follow</s><sn="310">after</s> me: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4124">Moabites</s> into your <sn="3027">hand</s>. And they went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="310">after</s> him, and <sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4569">fords</s> of <sn="3383">Jordan</s> toward <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and <sn="5414">suffered</s><sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="376">man</s> to pass <sn="5674">over</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And they <sn="5221">slew</s> of <sn="*853"></s><sn="4124">Moab</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s> about <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>, <sn="3605">all</s><sn="8082">lusty</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s>; and there <sn="4422">escaped</s><sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="376">man</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>So <sn="4124">Moab</s> was <sn="3665">subdued</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. And the <sn="776">land</s> had <sn="8252">rest</s><sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="310">after</s> him <sn="1961">was</s><sn="8044">Shamgar</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6067">Anath</s>, which <sn="5221">slew</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> with an <sn="1241">ox</s><sn="4451">goad</s>: and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="3467">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>