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Judges
Chapter 3
{Note: The Philistines had 5 cities on the sea coast. They were not conquered. Next, the Canaanites in the valley of Izdralin (sp) were not driven out and they were trouble to the Jews. Then we have those in Tyre and Sidon. These unconquered areas are the subject of the book of Judges - the book of apostasy. They are covered in Judges 3:1-7.}
1
Now these are the nations which Jehovah/God left . . .
to
prove/test Israel by them,
{God allowed these heathen to survive so the Jews would have
opponents to keep their military skills in good shape}
because
many of Israel as had not known
all
the wars of Canaan . . . 2
only
that the generations of the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
might
know . . .
to
teach them war . . .
at
the least such as before knew nothing thereof . . .3
namely,
five rulers of the Philistines,
and
all the Canaanites,
and
the Sidonians,
and
the Hivites who dwelt in mount Lebanon,
from
mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
4
And they were to prove/test Israel by them . . .
to
know whether they would 'hear, listen and obey' {shama`}
unto
the commandments of Jehovah/God,
which
He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5
And the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
dwelt
among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites,
and
Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites.
6
And they took their daughters to be their wives,
and
gave their daughters to their sons,
and
served their 'elohiym/gods.
7
And the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
did
evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
and
forgot Jehovah/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
served Baalim
{Ba`al - plural for the male god Baal - part of the Phallic Cult}
and
'Asherah/Astartes
{'Asherah - female god of the Phallic Cult - name means 'groves' -
they would go out on high hills with groves and trees and have
sexual orgies with child sacrifice to 'worship Baal and Asherah/
Astartes}.
8
Therefore the anger of Jehovah/God was hot against Israel,
and
he sold them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim,
king
of Mesopotamia,
and
the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
served
Chushan-Rishathaim eight years.
9
And when the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
cried
unto Jehovah/God,
Jehovah/God
raised up a deliverer
to
the children of Israel,
who
delivered them,
even
Othniel, the son of Kenaz,
Caleb's
younger brother.
10
And the spirit of Jehovah/God came upon him,
and
he ruled/judged Israel,
and
went out to war.
And
Jehovah/God delivered Chushan-Rishathaim,
king
of Mesopotamia,
into
his hand
and
his hand prevailed against Chushan-Rishathaim.
11 And the land had rest forty years.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12
And the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
did
evil again in the sight of Jehovah/God
and
Jehovah/God strengthened Eglon, the king of Moab,
against
Israel,
because
they had done evil in the sight of Jehovah/God.
13
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek,
and
went and smote Israel,
and
possessed 'The City of Palm Trees'
{tamar `Iyr hat-T@mariym - another name for Jericho}.
14
So the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
served
Eglon, the king of Moab, eighteen years.
15
But when the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
cried
unto Jehovah/God.
Jehovah/God
raised them up a deliverer,
Ehud,
the son of Gera . . . a Benjamite,
a
left-handed man.
And
by him,
the
sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
sent
a present unto Eglon, the king of Moab.
16
Now Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges,
of
a cubit length;
and
he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
17
And he brought the present unto Eglon, king of Moab
and
Eglon was a very fat man.
18
And when he had made an end to offer the present,
he
sent away the people that bore the present.
19
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal,
and
said, "I have a secret errand unto you, O king."
Who said, "Keep silence."
And all who stood by him went out from him.
20
And Ehud came unto him
and
he was sitting in a summer parlor,
which
he had for himself alone.
And
Ehud said,
"I
have a message from 'Elohiym/Godhead unto you."
And he arose out of his seat.
21
And Ehud put forth his left hand,
and
took the dagger from his right thigh,
and
thrust it into his belly.
22
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 excrement came out
{the knife cut into his bowls}.
23
Then Ehud went forth through the porch,
and
shut the doors of the parlor upon him,
and
locked them.
24
When he was gone out,
his
{Eglon's} servants came
and
when they saw that, behold,
the
doors of the parlor were locked, they said,
"Surely
he covers his feet in his summer chamber."
25 And they delayed till they were ashamed.
And, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlor.
Therefore they took a key, and opened them.
And, behold, their lord/ruler was fallen down dead on the earth.
26
And Ehud escaped while they delayed,
and
passed beyond the quarries,
and
escaped unto Seirath.
27
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.
28
And he said unto them,
"Follow
after me . . .
for
Jehovah/God has delivered your enemies, the Moabites,
into
your hand."
And
they went down after him,
and
took the fords of Jordan toward Moab,
and
did not permit a man to pass over.
29
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,
all
robust . . . and all men of valor;
and
there escaped not a man.
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel.
And the land had rest fourscore {80} years.
31~~And
after him was Shamgar, the son of Anath,
who
slew of the Philistines . . .
six
hundred men with an ox goad.
And he also delivered Israel.
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