A   These are the nacions, whom the LORDE suffred to remayne, þt; by them he mighte proue Israel, which had no vnderstondinge in the warres of Canaan: onely because þt; the trybes of the childr&ebar; of Israel might knowe ∧ lerne to warre, which afore had no knowlege therof, namely: The fyue lordes of þe; Philistynes, ∧ all the Cananites, ∧ Sidonians, ∧ the Hethites þt; dwelt vpon mount Libanus, fro mount Baal Hermon, vntyll a man come vnto Hemath. The same remayned, that Israel mighte be proued by them, that it mighte be knowne whether they wolde herken to the commaundementes of the LORDE, which he commaunded their fathers by Moses.

Now whan the children of Israel dwelt thus am&obar;ge the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuites ∧ Iebusites, ^note they toke their doughters to wyues, ∧ gaue their doughters vnto their sonnes, ∧ serued their goddes, and wroughte wickednes before the LORDE, ∧ forgat the LORDE their God, ∧ serued Baalim ∧ Astaroth. Then þe; wrath of þe; LORDE waxed whote ouer Israel, ∧ he solde th&ebar; vnder the h&abar;de of Cusan Risathaim kynge of Mesopotamia, ∧ so þe; childr&ebar; of Israel serued Cusan Risathaim viij. yeare.

B   Th&ebar; cried the childr&ebar; of Israel vnto the LORDE, ∧ the LORDE raysed th&ebar; vp a sauio&highr; which delyuered th&ebar;, namely ^note Athniel þe; sonne of Kenas, Calebs yongest brother. And the sprete of the LORDE came vpon him, ∧ he was iudge in Israel, ∧ wente out a warre fare. And þe; LORDE delyuered Cusan Risathaim the kynge of Syria in to his h&abar;de, so þt; his hande was to str&obar;ge for him. ^noteThen was the londe in rest fortye yeares. And Athniel the sonne of Kenas dyed.

But the children of Israel dyd yet more euell before the LORDE. Then the LORDE strengthed Eglon the kynge of þe; Moabites agaynst þe; childr&ebar; of Israel, because they wrought wickednesse before þe; LORDE. And he gathered vnto him þe; childr&ebar; of Ammon, ∧ the Amalechites, ∧ w&ebar;te and smote Israel, and conquered the ^note cite of the palme trees. And the children of Israel serued Eglon þe; kynge of þe; Moabites eightene yeare. Th&ebar; cried they vnto the LORDE. And the LORDE raysed th&ebar; vp a sauioure, namely Ehud the sonne of Gera þe; sonne of Iemini, which was a man that mighte do nothinge with his righte hande.

And wh&abar; the childr&ebar; of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon the kynge of the Moabites, Ehud made him a two edged dagger of a spanne longe, ∧ gyrded it vnder his garm&ebar;t vp&obar; his righte thye, ∧ broughte þe; present vnto Eglon the kynge of þe; Moabites. As for Eglon, he was a very fat man.

C   And whan he had delyuered the presente, he let the people go that had caried the present, and he himselfe turned backe from the Idols at Gilgall, ∧ caused to saye thus (vnto the kynge:) I haue a secrete thinge to tell the O kynge. And he commaunded to kepe sylence, ∧ all they that stode aboute him, wente out from him.

And Ehud came in vnto him. He sat in a syled Sommer perler, which was for him selfe alone. And Ehud saide: I haue somwhat to saye vnto the of God. Th&ebar; rose he vp fr&obar; his seate. But Ehud put forth his lefte hande, ∧ toke the dagger from his righte thye, ∧ thrust it in to his bely, so þt; the hefte wente in also after the blade, ∧ the fatt closed the hefte: for he drue not þe; dagger out of his bely, ∧ þe; fylthines departed fr&obar; him. But Ehud gat him out at the backe dore, ∧ put to þe; dore after him, and lockte it.

Now whan he was gone, his seruauntes came in, and sawe that the dore of the Sommer perler was lockte, and they sayde: peraduenture he is gone to the preuye in the syled Sommer perler.

D   But whan they had wayted so l&obar;ge tyll they were ashamed (for no man opened the perler dore) they toke the keye, and opened it.

Beholde, then laye their lorde deed vp&obar; the earth. As for Ehud, he was gotten awaye, whyle they made so longe tari&ebar;ge, ∧ he wente ouer by the Idols, and ranne his waye vnto Seirath.

And whan he came in ^note he blewe þe; trompet vp&obar; mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel wente with him from the mount, and he before them, and he saide vnto them: Folowe me, for the LORDE hath delyuered the Moabites youre enemies in to yo&highr; hande. And they folowed him, ∧ wanne þe; ferye of Iordane, þt; goeth towarde Moab, ∧ suffred no man to go ouer, and at þe; same tyme they smote of the Moabites vp&obar; a ten thousande men, all nobles and men of armes, so that there escaped not one. Thus were the Moabites broughte vnder the hande of the children of Israel at that tyme, and the londe was in rest foure score yeares.

Afterwarde was ^note Samgar þe; sonne of Anath, which slewe sixe hundreth Philistynes with an oxes gadd, and delyuered Israel also.

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