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Now these are the nations[H1471] which the LORD[H3068]left[H3240], to prove[H5254]Israel[H3478] by them, even as many of Israel[H3478] as had not known[H3045] all the wars[H4421] of Canaan[H3667];
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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;
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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[H935]mount[H2022]Lebanon[H3844], from mount[H2022]Baalhermon[H1179] unto the entering in[H935] of Hamath[H2574].
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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].
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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]:
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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].
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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].
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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].
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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 younger[H6996]brother[H251].
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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].
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And the land[H776] had rest[H8252]forty[H705]years[H8141]. And Othniel[H6274] the son[H1121] of Kenaz[H7073]died[H4191].
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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].
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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].
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So the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]served[H5647]Eglon[H5700] the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124]eighteen[H8083]years[H8141].
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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]: and by him[H3027] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]sent[H7971] a present[H4503] unto Eglon[H5700] the king[H4428] of Moab[H4124].
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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].
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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].
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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].
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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.
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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].
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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]:
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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[H3318] of his belly[H990]; and the dirt[H6574] came out[H3318].
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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.
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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].
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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].
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And Ehud[H164]escaped[H4422] while they tarried[H4102], and passed beyond[H5674] the quarries[H6456], and escaped[H4422] unto Seirath[H8167].
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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.
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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].
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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].
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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].
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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].