A   These are þe; nacy&obar;s which þe; lord left, that he myght proue Israel by th&ebar;: euen as manye of Israell as had not knowen all the warres of Canaam: Onlye for þe; lernyng of þe; generacyon of the childr&ebar; of Israel: þt; he also myght teach them warre, in asmuch as they þt; were before them, &rhand; knew nothing therof, Of those wh&obar; he left, there were fyue lordes of the Philistines, ∧ all the Cananites, ∧ the Sodonites, and the Heuites that dwelt in mo&ubar;t Libanon: euen from mount Baal Hermon vnto Hemath. Those remayned to proue Israel by, and to wete, whether they wold herken vnto the commaundementes of the lorde, which he comma&ubar;ded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

And the childr&ebar; of Israel dwelt amonge the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuites, and Iubusytes, ^note ∧ toke the daughters of them to be their wyues, ∧ gaue their owne daughters to their sonnes, ∧ serued their Goddes, And the childr&ebar; of Israell did wickedlye in the syght of the lord, and forgate the lord their God, and serued Baalim ∧ Aseroth. B   Therfore the lord was angrye with Israel, ∧ delyuered th&ebar; into þe; h&abar;des of Chusan Risathaim kyng of Mesopotamia, and the children of Israell serued Chusam Risathaim .viii. yeres.

And when the childr&ebar; of Israel cryed vnto the lorde, the lorde stered vp a &rhand; sauer, to þe; childr&ebar; of Israel, ∧ saued th&ebar;: one Othoniel the sonne of kenes. Calebs yo&ubar;ger brother. And the sprete of the lorde came vpon him. And he iudged Israel, and w&ebar;t out to warre. And þe; lorde delyuered Chusan Risatha&ibar; kyng of Mesopotamia into his hande, ∧ his hande preuayled agaynst Chusan Risathaim. And þe; lande had ^note rest fourtye yeres, and Othoniel þe; sonne of kenes died. And the children of Israel w&ebar;t to agayne, ∧ c&obar;mitted wickednesse in the sight of þe; lord. And the Lord strengthed Eglon the kyng of the Moabites, agaynst the childr&ebar; of Israel, because they had c&obar;mitted wickednesse before þe; lord. And this (Egl&obar;) geathered vnto hym the children of Ammon, and the Amalekites, and went and smote Israel, ∧ c&obar;quered the citye of Paulme trees. And so the childr&ebar; of Israel serued Eglon the king of Moab .xviii. yeres. But wh&ebar; they cryed vnto the lorde, the lorde stered th&ebar; vp a sauer, Ahud the sonne of Gera the s&obar;ne of Iemini a man that coulde do nothing handsomlye with his ryght hande. Ahud

C   And by him the chyldren of Israel sent a present vnto Eglon the king of Moab: but Ahud made him a dagger with two edges, of a cubyte length, ∧ he dyd gyrde yt vnto his rayment vpon his right thygh, and caryed the present vnto Eglon the kynge of Moab: And Eglon was a very fatte man. And it fortuned that wh&ebar; he had presented the present, he sent the people that bare it awaye, but he him selfe turned agayne (fr&obar; þe; place of grau&ebar; ymages, that was by Gilgal &lhand;) and sayde: I haue a secret err&abar;d vnto the, O kyng. Which sayde: kepe sylence. And all that stode before hym, went out from hym.

And Ahud came vnto hym, and in a somer parler, which he had, sat he h&ibar; selfe alone, and Ahud sayde ^note I haue a message vnto þe; fr&obar; God. D   And he arose out of hys seate. And Ahud put forth hys lefte hande, ∧ toke þe; dagger fr&obar; his ryght thyghe, ∧ thrust it into hys belye, and the haft went in after the blade. And the fatte, closed the haft, so þt; he myght not drawe the dagger out of hys belye, but the dyrt came out. Ahud gat him out at a posterne dore, and shut the dores of the parler about him, and locked them.

When he was gone out, hys seruauntes came, and whan they sawe that the dores of the parler were locked, they sayde: peradu&ebar;ture &rhand; he couereth hys fete in hys somer ch&abar;ber. And they taried tyll they were ashamed, and beholde: seyng he opened not the dores of the parler: they toke a keye, &abar;d opened them. And beholde, their Lord was fallen downe dead on the erthe. And Ahud eskaped (whyle they taryed) and was gone beyonde, to the place of the grau&ebar; ymages, and eskaped into Seirath.

And wh&ebar; he was come ^note he blewe a trompette in mo&ubar;t Ephraim. And the chyldr&ebar; of Israel w&ebar;t downe wyth hym from the hyll and he went before them. And he sayde vnto them, folowe me: for the Lord hath delyuered youre enemyes, the Moabytes into youre hande. And they descended after him, and toke the passages of Iordan, towarde Moab, and soffered not a m&abar; to passe ouer. And they slew of the Moabites þe; same tyme vpon a ten thousande men, which were all fatte ∧ men of warre, ∧ there skaped not a m&abar;, ^note so Moab was subdued that daye, vnder the hande of Israel: and the land had rest .lxxx. yeres.

After hym was Samgar the sonne of Anath, whych slewe of the Philistines .vi. hundred men with an oxe goade, and delyuered Israel also.

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