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    Judges 3

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    The king’s servants waited outside a locked room, supposing their master was relieving himself, while Ehud was already away and the sword had vanished into the king.

    The test and the first restvv. 1–11

    The nations left in Canaan were not merely loitering in the margins: they were there to test Israel and teach warfare to generations who had never seen it. Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, married among them, and served their gods. After eight years under Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, Israel cried out; Othniel was raised up, the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and the land had rest for forty years.

    The cool room at Jerichovv. 12–30

    Israel did evil again, and Eglon king of Moab took the City of Palms with help from the Ammonites and Amalekites. Then came Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite carrying a cubit-long double-edged sword beneath his cloak. He delivered the tribute, dismissed its bearers, returned from the idols near Gilgal, and obtained a private audience in the cool upper room. Eglon rose when Ehud said he had a word from God; the sword went in, handle and all, and the king’s servants waited outside long enough to invent the wrong explanation. Ehud escaped to Seirah, summoned Israel with a ram’s horn, seized the fords of the Jordan, and the land rested for eighty years.

    The oxgoad arrivesv. 31

    After Ehud, Shamgar saved Israel by striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. The chapter gives the weapon its full, wonderfully practical entrance and then leaves it there.

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    1. Judg 3:1These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

    2. Judg 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

    3. Judg 3:3the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    4. Judg 3:4These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.

    5. Judg 3:5Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    6. Judg 3:6And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

    7. Judg 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

    8. Judg 3:8Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

    9. Judg 3:9But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

    10. Judg 3:10The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

    11. Judg 3:11So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

    12. Judg 3:12Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

    13. Judg 3:13After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

    14. Judg 3:14The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

    15. Judg 3:15And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

    16. Judg 3:16Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

    17. Judg 3:17and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

    18. Judg 3:18After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.

    19. Judg 3:19But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

    20. Judg 3:20Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

    21. Judg 3:21And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

    22. Judg 3:22Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

    23. Judg 3:23Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

    24. Judg 3:24After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

    25. Judg 3:25So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

    26. Judg 3:26Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

    27. Judg 3:27On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.

    28. Judg 3:28“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.

    29. Judg 3:29At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

    30. Judg 3:30So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

    31. Judg 3:31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

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    • 1Judges 2:21–22I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
    • 1Deuteronomy 7:22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
    • 1Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
    • 6Exodus 34:16And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
    • 8Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
    • 9Judges 3:15And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
    • 15Judges 3:9But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
    • 28Judges 12:5The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
    • 31Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
    • 6Deuteronomy 7:3–4Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
    • 7Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
    • 9Judges 1:13So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
    • 9Psalms 22:5They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
    • 10Judges 14:6and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
    • 101 Samuel 11:6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
    • 10Judges 11:29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

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