1   These nowe are the nations which the Lorde left, that he might proue Israel by them (euen as many of Israel as had not knowen all the ^note warres of Canaan,

2   Only to make the generations of the children of Israel to know, and to teach them warre, which doutles their predecessors knew ^note not)

3   Fiue princes of the Philistims, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, & the Hiuites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon vntill one come to Hamath.

4   And these remayned to proue Israel by them, to wit, whether they would obey the commandements of the Lorde, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

5   And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, & the Amorites, and the Perizzites, & the Hiuites, and the Iebusites,

6   And they tooke ^note their daughters to bee their wiues, and gaue their daughters to their sonnes, and serued their gods.

7   ¶2; So the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord, & forgate the Lorde their God, and serued Baalim, and ^note Asheroth.

8   Therefore the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against Israel, and he solde them into the hand of Chushan rishathaim King of ^note Aram-naharaim, and the children of Israel serued Chushan rishathaim eyght yeeres.

9   ¶2; And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lorde, the Lord stirred vp a sauiour to þe; children of Israel, & he saued them, euen Othniel the sonne of Kenaz, Calebs yonger brother.

10   And the ^note spirite of the Lorde came vpon him, and he iudged Israel, & went out to warre: and the Lord deliuered Chushan rishathaim king of ^note Aram into his hand, and his hand preuailed against Chushan rishathaim.

11   So the lande had rest ^note fourtie yeeres, and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz dyed.

12   ¶2; Then the children of Israel againe committed wickednesse in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord ^note strengthened Eglon King of Moab against Israel, because they had committed wickednesse before the Lord.

13   And he gathered vnto him the children of Ammon, and Amalek, & went and smote Israel, and they possessed the citie of palme trees.

14   So the children of Israel serued Eglon king of Moab eighteene yeeres.

15   But when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lorde, the Lorde stirred them vp a sauiour, Ehud the sonne of Gera the sonne of ^note Iemini, a man ^note lame of his right hande: and the children of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon King of Moab.

16   And Ehud ^note made him a dagger with two edges of a cubite length, and he did gird it vnder his rayment vpon his right thigh,

17   And he presented þe; gift vnto Eglon King of Moab (and Eglon was a very fat man)

18   And when he had now presented the present, he sent away the people that bare þe; present,

19   But he turned againe from the ^note quarris, that were by Gilgal, & said, I haue a secret errand vnto thee, O King. Who said, Keepe ^note silence: and

Ehud killeth Eglon. Shamgar. all that stoode about him, went out from him.

20   Then Ehud came vnto him. (and he sate alone in a sommer parler, which he had) and Ehud said, I haue a message vnto thee from God. Then he arose out of his throne,

21   And Ehud put forth his left hand, & tooke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his bellie,

22   So that the hafte went in after the blade, and the fatte closed about the blade, so that he could not drawe the dagger out of his bellie, but the dirt came out.

23   Then Ehud gate him out into the ^note porch, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them.

24   And when he was gone out, his seruantes came: who seeing that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayd, ^note Surely he doeth his easement in his sommer chamber.

25   And they taryed till they were ashamed: & seeing he opened not the doores of the parler, they tooke the key, and opened them, & behold, their lord was fallen dead on the earth.

26   So Ehud escaped (while they taried) & was passed the quarris, and escaped vnto Seirah.

27   And when he came home, ^note he blew a trumpet in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel went downe with him from the mountaine, and he went before them.

28   Then said he vnto them, Follow me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies, euen Moab into your hand. So they went downe after him, & tooke the passages of Iorden towarde Moab, and suffred not a man to passe ouer.

29   And they slewe of the Moabites the same time about ten thousand men, all ^note fed men, & all were warriours, and there escaped not a man.

30   So Moab was ^note subdued that daye, vnder the hand of Israel: and the ^note land had rest fourescore yeeres.

31   ¶2; And after him was Shamgar the sonne of Anath, which slewe of the Philistims sixe hundreth men with an oxe ^note goade, and he also deliuered Israel.

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