the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
[8] Therefore
the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim
king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
[9] 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.
[10] And the Spirit of the LORD
came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD 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 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.
[13] And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and
Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
[14] So the children of Israel
served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
[15] 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.
[16] 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.
[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 bare the present.
[19] 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.
[20] 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.
[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 dirt came out.
[23]
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
[24]
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.
[25] 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.
[26] And Ehud escaped while they tarried,
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 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.
[29] 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.
[30] So Moab
was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
[31] 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.
Judg.4
[1] And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
[2] And the
LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose
host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
[3] And the children of Israel cried unto the
LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of
Israel.
[4] And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
[5] And she
dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of
Israel came up to her for judgment.
[6] And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-
naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward
mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of
Zebulun?
[7] And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his
chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
[8] And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt
go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
[9] And she said, I will surely
go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD
shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
[10]