{"id":23133,"date":"2017-09-30T14:36:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T20:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/30\/judges-31-31-darby-english-bible\/"},"modified":"2017-09-30T14:36:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T20:36:21","slug":"judges-31-31-darby-english-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accesstogod.com\/?p=23133","title":{"rendered":"Judges 3:1-31 (Darby English Bible)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4647651612525789\"; \/* access2God_horiz_4_link_single_post *\/ google_ad_slot = \"7824248799\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>1<\/strong> Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan; <\/br><strong>2<\/strong> it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before. <\/br><strong>3<\/strong> These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sido&#8217;nians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Ba&#8217;al-her&#8217;mon as far as the entrance of Hamath. <\/br><strong>4<\/strong> They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses. <\/br><strong>5<\/strong> So the people of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per&#8217;izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb&#8217;usites; <\/br><strong>6<\/strong> and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods. <\/br><strong>7<\/strong> And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, forgetting the LORD their God, and serving the Ba&#8217;als and the Ashe&#8217;roth. <\/br><strong>8<\/strong> Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cu&#8217;shan-rishatha&#8217;im king of Mesopota&#8217;mia; and the people of Israel served Cu&#8217;shan-rishatha&#8217;im eight years. <\/br><strong>9<\/strong> But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who delivered them, Oth&#8217;ni-el the son of Kenaz, Caleb&#8217;s younger brother. <\/br><strong>10<\/strong> The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the LORD gave Cu&#8217;shan-rishatha&#8217;im king of Mesopota&#8217;mia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cu&#8217;shan-rishatha&#8217;im. <\/br><strong>11<\/strong> So the land had rest forty years. Then Oth&#8217;ni-el the son of Kenaz died. <\/br><strong>12<\/strong> 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. <\/br><strong>13<\/strong> He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amal&#8217;ekites, and went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms. <\/br><strong>14<\/strong> And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. <\/br><strong>15<\/strong> But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, 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. <\/br><strong>16<\/strong> And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes. <\/br><strong>17<\/strong> And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. <\/br><strong>18<\/strong> And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute. <\/br><strong>19<\/strong> But he himself turned back at the sculptured stones near Gilgal, and said, &#8220;I have a secret message for you, O king.&#8221; And he commanded, &#8220;Silence.&#8221; And all his attendants went out from his presence. <\/br><strong>20<\/strong> And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, &#8220;I have a message from God for you.&#8221; And he arose from his seat. <\/br><strong>21<\/strong> And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly; <\/br><strong>22<\/strong> and the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out. <\/br><strong>23<\/strong> Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them. <\/br><strong>24<\/strong> When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, &#8220;He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.&#8221; <\/br><strong>25<\/strong> And they waited till they were utterly at a loss; 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. <\/br><strong>26<\/strong> Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i&#8217;rah. <\/br><strong>27<\/strong> When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of E&#8217;phraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head. <\/br><strong>28<\/strong> And he said to them, &#8220;Follow after me; for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.&#8221; So they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and allowed not a man to pass over. <\/br><strong>29<\/strong> And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped. <\/br><strong>30<\/strong> So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years. <\/br><strong>31<\/strong> After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel. <\/br><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-4647651612525789\";\n    google_ad_slot = \"6844414800\";\n    google_ad_width = 320;\n    google_ad_height = 100;\n<\/script><br \/>\n<!-- a2g_320x100_more_for_mobile --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- a2g_responsive_link_ads --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4647651612525789\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2949445208\"\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>If you know someone that needs to give 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