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Judges 3 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Idolatry Leads to Servitude

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Now these are the nations which the LORD left [in order] to test Israel by them (that is, all [the people of Israel] who had not [previously] experienced any of the wars in Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, at least those who had not experienced it previously).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - The remaining nations are: the five lords (governors) of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - They were [allowed to remain] for the testing of Israel, to determine whether Israel would listen to and obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers (ancestors) through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - And the Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:6 - and they took their daughters for themselves as wives and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their [pagan] gods.

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And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the [fn]Asheroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of [fn]Mesopotamia; and the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

The First Judge Rescues Israel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD [for help], the LORD raised up a [fn]man to rescue the people of Israel, [fn]Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand, and he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:11 - And the land was at rest [from oppression for] forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

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Now the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, since they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And Eglon gathered to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck down Israel [in defeat], and they took possession of the City of Palm Trees (Jericho).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

Ehud Rescues Israel from Moab

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But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD [for help], the LORD raised up a [fn]man to rescue them, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, [fn]a left-handed man. And the Israelites sent a gift of tribute by him to Eglon king of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - Now Ehud made for himself a sword a [fn]cubit long, which had two edges, and he bound it on his [fn]right thigh under his robe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:17 - And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:18 - And when Ehud had finished presenting the [fn]tribute, he sent away the people who had carried it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But Ehud himself turned back from the [fn]sculptured stones at Gilgal, [and he returned to Eglon] and said [to him], “I have a secret message for you, O king.” Eglon said “Keep silence.” And all who attended him left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his [private] cool upper chamber, and Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And the king got up from his seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Then Ehud reached out with his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:22 - And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, because Ehud did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the upper chamber behind him, and locked them.

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When Ehud departed, Eglon’s servants came. And when they saw that the doors of the upper room were locked, they said, “He is only [fn]relieving himself in the cool room.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - They waited [a very long time] until they became embarrassed and uneasy, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. So [finally] they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor, dead.

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Now Ehud escaped while they lingered, and he passed beyond the sculptured stones and escaped to Seirah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27 - When he had arrived, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - And he said to them, “Pursue them, for the LORD has handed over your enemies the Moabites to you.” So they went down after him and seized the [fn]fords of the Jordan opposite Moab and did not allow anyone to cross.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:29 - They struck down at that time about ten thousand Moabite men, all strong, courageous men; not a man escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab was subdued and humbled that day under the hand of Israel, and the land was at rest for eighty years.

Shamgar Rescues from Philistines

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After Ehud came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistine men with an [fn]oxgoad. He too saved Israel.

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AMP Footnotes
Various Canaanite goddesses of fertility and warfare.
Heb Aram-naharaim; Aram of Two Rivers.
Lit deliverer.
Othniel was the first of the twelve people God appointed to rescue and lead Israel. In addition to specific judicial duties, the judges served as both civil and military leaders.
Lit deliverer.
Lit bound in his right hand.
I.e. about eighteen inches.
If a bodyguard searched Ehud he would have focused on his left side, where a right-handed man would hide a sword.
The tribute apparently required a company of people to transport and may have consisted of such things as valuable commodities, precious metals, and domestic animals.
These stones may have been either boundary markers or idols.
Lit covering his feet (with his garment)--a euphemism for defecating, probably because of the squatting position taken.
I.e. narrow or shallow places where a river may be crossed by wading.
I.e. a rod with a pointed end or fitted with a spike.
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