3:1 Now
these
are
the
nations
that
the
LORD
left,
to
test
Israel
by
them,
that
is,
all
in
Israel
who
had
not
experienced
all
the
wars
in
Canaan.
3:2 It
was
only
in
order
that
the
generations
of
the
people
of
Israel
might
know
war,
to
teach
war
to
those
who
had
not
known
it
before.
3:3 These
are
the
nations:
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
and
all
the
Canaanites
and
the
Sidonians
and
the
Hivites
who
lived
on
Mount
Lebanon,
from
Mount
Baal-hermon
as
far
as
Lebo-hamath.
3:4 They
were
for
the
testing
of
Israel,
to
know
whether
Israel
would
obey
the
commandments
of
the
LORD,
which
he
commanded
their
fathers
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
3:5 So
the
people
of
Israel
lived
among
the
Canaanites,
the
Hittites,
the
Amorites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Hivites,
and
the
Jebusites.
3:6 And
their
daughters
they
took
to
themselves
for
wives,
and
their
own
daughters
they
gave
to
their
sons,
and
they
served
their
gods.
3:7 And
the
people
of
Israel
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD.
They
forgot
the
LORD
their
God
and
served
the
Baals
and
the
Asheroth.
3:8 Therefore
the
anger
of
the
LORD
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Cushan-rishathaim
king
of
Mesopotamia.
And
the
people
of
Israel
served
Cushan-rishathaim
eight
years.
3:9 But
when
the
people
of
Israel
cried
out
to
the
LORD,
the
LORD
raised
up
a
deliverer
for
the
people
of
Israel,
who
saved
them,
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz,
Caleb's
younger
brother.
3:10 The
Spirit
of
the
LORD
was
upon
him,
and
he
judged
Israel.
He
went
out
to
war,
and
the
LORD
gave
Cushan-rishathaim
king
of
Mesopotamia
into
his
hand.
And
his
hand
prevailed
over
Cushan-rishathaim.
3:11 So
the
land
had
rest
forty
years.
Then
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz
died.
3:12 And
the
people
of
Israel
again
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
and
the
LORD
strengthened
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
against
Israel,
because
they
had
done
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD.
3:13 He
gathered
to
himself
the
Ammonites
and
the
Amalekites,
and
went
and
defeated
Israel.
And
they
took
possession
of
the
city
of
palms.
3:14 And
the
people
of
Israel
served
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
eighteen
years.
3:15 Then
the
people
of
Israel
cried
out
to
the
LORD,
and
the
LORD
raised
up
for
them
a
deliverer,
Ehud,
the
son
of
Gera,
the
Benjaminite,
a
left-handed
man.
The
people
of
Israel
sent
tribute
by
him
to
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab.
3:16 And
Ehud
made
for
himself
a
sword
with
two
edges,
a
cubit
in
length,
and
he
bound
it
on
his
right
thigh
under
his
clothes.
3:17 And
he
presented
the
tribute
to
Eglon
king
of
Moab.
Now
Eglon
was
a
very
fat
man.
3:18 And
when
Ehud
had
finished
presenting
the
tribute,
he
sent
away
the
people
who
carried
the
tribute.
3:19 But
he
himself
turned
back
at
the
idols
near
Gilgal
and
said,
"I
have
a
secret
message
for
you,
O
king."
And
he
commanded,
"Silence."
And
all
his
attendants
went
out
from
his
presence.
3:20 And
Ehud
came
to
him
as
he
was
sitting
alone
in
his
cool
roof
chamber.
And
Ehud
said,
"I
have
a
message
from
God
for
you."
And
he
arose
from
his
seat.
3:21 And
Ehud
reached
with
his
left
hand,
took
the
sword
from
his
right
thigh,
and
thrust
it
into
his
belly.
3:22 And
the
hilt
also
went
in
after
the
blade,
and
the
fat
closed
over
the
blade,
for
he
did
not
pull
the
sword
out
of
his
belly;
and
the
dung
came
out.
3:23 Then
Ehud
went
out
into
the
porch
and
closed
the
doors
of
the
roof
chamber
behind
him
and
locked
them.
3:24 When
he
had
gone,
the
servants
came,
and
when
they
saw
that
the
doors
of
the
roof
chamber
were
locked,
they
thought,
"Surely
he
is
relieving
himself
in
the
closet
of
the
cool
chamber."
3:25 And
they
waited
till
they
were
embarrassed.
But
when
he
still
did
not
open
the
doors
of
the
roof
chamber,
they
took
the
key
and
opened
them,
and
there
lay
their
lord
dead
on
the
floor.
3:26 Ehud
escaped
while
they
delayed,
and
he
passed
beyond
the
idols
and
escaped
to
Seirah.
3:27 When
he
arrived,
he
sounded
the
trumpet
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim.
Then
the
people
of
Israel
went
down
with
him
from
the
hill
country,
and
he
was
their
leader.
3:28 And
he
said
to
them,
"Follow
after
me,
for
the
LORD
has
given
your
enemies
the
Moabites
into
your
hand."
So
they
went
down
after
him
and
seized
the
fords
of
the
Jordan
against
the
Moabites
and
did
not
allow
anyone
to
pass
over.
3:29 And
they
killed
at
that
time
about
10,000
of
the
Moabites,
all
strong,
able-bodied
men;
not
a
man
escaped.
3:30 So
Moab
was
subdued
that
day
under
the
hand
of
Israel.
And
the
land
had
rest
for
eighty
years.
3:31 After
him
was
Shamgar
the
son
of
Anath,
who
killed
600
of
the
Philistines
with
an
oxgoad,
and
he
also
saved
Israel.