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Judges 3 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these are the nations H1471 which the LORD H3068 left, H3240 to prove H5254 Israel H3478 by them, even as many of Israel as had not known H3045 all the wars H4421 of Canaan; H3667
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - Only that H7535 the generations H1755 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 might know, H3045 to teach H3925 them war, H4421 at the least such as before H6440 knew H3045 nothing thereof;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - Namely, five H2568 lords H5633 of the Philistines, H6430 and all the Canaanites, H3669 and the Sidonians, H6722 and the Hivites H2340 that dwelt H3427 in mount H2022 Lebanon, H3844 from mount H2022 Baalhermon H1179 unto the entering in H935 of Hamath. H2574
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - And they were to prove H5254 Israel H3478 by them, to know H3045 whether they would hearken H8085 unto the commandments H4687 of the LORD, H3068 which he commanded H6680 their fathers H1 by the hand H3027 of Moses. H4872
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites, H3669 Hittites, H2850 and Amorites, H567 and Perizzites, H6522 and Hivites, H2340 and Jebusites: H2983
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:6 - And they took H3947 their daughters H1323 to be their wives, H802 and gave H5414 their daughters H1323 to their sons, H1121 and served H5647 their gods. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and forgat H7911 the LORD H3068 their God, H430 and served H5647 Baalim H1168 and the groves. H842
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Therefore the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was hot H2734 against Israel, H3478 and he sold H4376 them into the hand H3027 of Chushanrishathaim H3573 king H4428 of Mesopotamia: H763 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 served H5647 Chushanrishathaim H3573 eight H8083 years. H8141

The First Judge Delivers Israel

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - And when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 unto the LORD, H3068 the LORD H3068 raised up H6965 a deliverer H3467 to the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 who delivered H3467 them, even Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz, H7073 Caleb's H3612 younger H6996 brother. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 came upon him, and he judged H8199 Israel, H3478 and went out H3318 to war: H4421 and the LORD H3068 delivered H5414 Chushanrishathaim H3573 king H4428 of Mesopotamia H763 into his hand; H3027 and his hand H3027 prevailed H5810 against Chushanrishathaim. H3573
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:11 - And the land H776 had rest H8252 forty H705 years. H8141 And Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz H7073 died. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 evil H7451 again H3254 in the sight H5869 of the LORD: H3068 and the LORD H3068 strengthened H2388 Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124 against Israel, H3478 because they had done H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered H622 unto him the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 and Amalek, H6002 and went H3212 and smote H5221 Israel, H3478 and possessed H3423 the city H5892 of palm trees. H8558 H5899
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - So the children H1121 of Israel H3478 served H5647 Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124 eighteen H8083 H6240 years. H8141

Ehud Delivers from Moab

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - But when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 unto the LORD, H3068 the LORD H3068 raised them up H6965 a deliverer, H3467 Ehud H164 the son H1121 of Gera, H1617 a Benjamite, H1145 a man H376 lefthanded: H334 H3225 and by him H3027 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 a present H4503 unto Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab. H4124
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - But Ehud H164 made H6213 him a dagger H2719 which had two H8147 edges, H6366 of a cubit H1574 length; H753 and he did gird H2296 it under his raiment H4055 upon his right H3225 thigh. H3409
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:17 - And he brought H7126 the present H4503 unto Eglon H5700 king H4428 of Moab: H4124 and Eglon H5700 was a very H3966 fat H1277 man. H376
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:18 - And when he had made an end H3615 to offer H7126 the present, H4503 he sent away H7971 the people H5971 that bare H5375 the present. H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But he himself turned again H7725 from the quarries H6456 that were by Gilgal, H1537 and said, H559 I have a secret H5643 errand H1697 unto thee, O king: H4428 who said, H559 Keep silence. H2013 And all that stood H5975 by him went out H3318 from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - And Ehud H164 came H935 unto him; and he was sitting H3427 in a summer H4747 parlour, H5944 which he had for himself alone. And Ehud H164 said, H559 I have a message H1697 from God H430 unto thee. And he arose H6965 out of his seat. H3678
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - And Ehud H164 put forth H7971 his left H8040 hand, H3027 and took H3947 the dagger H2719 from his right H3225 thigh, H3409 and thrust H8628 it into his belly: H990
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - And the haft H5325 also went in H935 after H310 the blade; H3851 and the fat H2459 closed H5462 upon H1157 the blade, H3851 so that he could not draw H8025 the dagger H2719 out of his belly; H990 and the dirt H6574 came out. H3318
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - Then Ehud H164 went forth H3318 through the porch, H4528 and shut H5462 the doors H1817 of the parlour H5944 upon him, and locked H5274 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - When he was gone out, H3318 his servants H5650 came; H935 and when they saw H7200 that, behold, the doors H1817 of the parlour H5944 were locked, H5274 they said, H559 Surely he covereth H5526 his feet H7272 in his summer H4747 chamber. H2315
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - And they tarried H2342 till they were ashamed: H954 and, behold, he opened H6605 not the doors H1817 of the parlour; H5944 therefore they took H3947 a key, H4668 and opened H6605 them: and, behold, their lord H113 was fallen down H5307 dead H4191 on the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:26 - And Ehud H164 escaped H4422 while they tarried, H4102 and passed beyond H5674 the quarries, H6456 and escaped H4422 unto Seirath. H8167
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27 - And it came to pass, when he was come, H935 that he blew H8628 a trumpet H7782 in the mountain H2022 of Ephraim, H669 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went down H3381 with him from the mount, H2022 and he before H6440 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - And he said H559 unto them, Follow H7291 after H310 me: for the LORD H3068 hath delivered H5414 your enemies H341 the Moabites H4124 into your hand. H3027 And they went down H3381 after H310 him, and took H3920 the fords H4569 of Jordan H3383 toward Moab, H4124 and suffered H5414 not a man H376 to pass over. H5674
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:29 - And they slew H5221 of Moab H4124 at that time H6256 about ten H6235 thousand H505 men, H376 all lusty, H8082 and all men H376 of valour; H2428 and there escaped H4422 not a man. H376
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab H4124 was subdued H3665 that day H3117 under the hand H3027 of Israel. H3478 And the land H776 had rest H8252 fourscore H8084 years. H8141

Shamgar Delivers from Philistines

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 - And after H310 him was Shamgar H8044 the son H1121 of Anath, H6067 which slew H5221 of the Philistines H6430 six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 with an ox H1241 goad: H4451 and he also delivered H3467 Israel. H3478
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