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Judges 3:1
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Now these are the nations which the LORD left,
to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars
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| Judges 3:2 |
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Only that the generations of the children of
Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing
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| Judges 3:3 |
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Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all
the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon,
from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. |
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| Judges 3:4 |
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And they were to prove Israel by them, to know
whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded
their fathers by the hand of Moses. |
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| Judges 3:5 |
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And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites,
Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: |
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| Judges 3:6 |
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And they took their daughters to be their wives,
and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. |
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| Judges 3:7 |
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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight
of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. |
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| Judges 3:8 |
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Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against
Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia:
and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. |
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| Judges 3:9 |
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And when the children of Israel cried unto the
LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered
them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. |
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| Judges 3:10 |
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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and
he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim
king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. |
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| Judges 3:11 |
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And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel
the son of Kenaz died. |
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| Judges 3:12 |
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And the children of Israel did evil again in
the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against
Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. |
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| Judges 3:13 |
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And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon
and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. |
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| Judges 3:14 |
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So the children of Israel served Eglon the king
of Moab eighteen years. |
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| Judges 3:15 |
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But when the children of Israel cried unto the
LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite,
a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon
the king of Moab. |
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| Judges 3:16 |
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But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges,
of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. |
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| Judges 3:17 |
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And he brought the present unto Eglon king
of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. |
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| Judges 3:18 |
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And when he had made an end to offer the present,
he sent away the people that bare the present. |
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| Judges 3:19 |
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But he himself turned again from the quarries
that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said,
Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. |
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| Judges 3:20 |
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And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in
a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message
from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. |
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| Judges 3:21 |
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And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took
the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: |
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| Judges 3:22 |
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And the haft also went in after the blade; and
the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his
belly; and the dirt came out. |
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| Judges 3:23 |
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Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and
shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. |
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| Judges 3:24 |
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When he was gone out, his servants came; and
when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely
he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. |
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| Judges 3:25 |
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And they tarried till they were ashamed: and,
behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and
opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. |
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| Judges 3:26 |
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And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed
beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. |
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| Judges 3:27 |
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And it came to pass, when he was come, that
he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went
down with him from the mount, and he before them. |
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| Judges 3:28 |
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And he said unto them, Follow after me: for
the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went
down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man
to pass over. |
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| Judges 3:29 |
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And they slew of Moab at that time about ten
thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. |
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| Judges 3:30 |
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So Moab was subdued that day under the hand
of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. |
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| Judges 3:31 |
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And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath,
which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered
Israel. |
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