Judges 3

¹Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 2:21-22Deut 7:22Prov 17:31 Pet 4:12Deut 8:16Deut 8:2Jer 6:27Job 23:10John 2:24Judg 2:10

²Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Tim 2:31 Cor 9:26-271 Tim 6:122 Chr 12:82 Tim 4:7Eph 6:11-18Gen 2:17Gen 3:5Gen 3:7John 16:33

³Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 13:3Josh 13:51 Sam 13:19-231 Sam 13:51 Sam 29:21 Sam 4:1-21 Sam 6:18Deut 1:7Deut 3:9Gen 10:15-19

⁴And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 2:22Judg 3:11 Cor 11:19Deut 33:8Deut 8:2Exod 15:252 Thess 2:9-12

⁵And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 106:34-38Exod 3:17Exod 3:8Gen 10:15-18Deut 7:1Gen 15:19-21Josh 9:1Judg 1:29-32Neh 9:8

⁶And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 34:16Deut 7:3-41 Kgs 11:1-5Ezek 16:3Ezra 9:11-12Neh 13:23-27

⁷And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 34:132 Kgs 23:6Deut 4:91 Kgs 16:331 Kgs 18:192 Chr 15:162 Chr 24:182 Chr 33:192 Chr 33:32 Kgs 23:14

⁸Therefore 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 2:14Hab 3:7Judg 4:9Ps 85:31 Sam 12:9Deut 29:20Deut 32:30Exod 22:24Isa 50:1Judg 2:20

⁹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 3:15Judg 1:13Ps 22:5Judg 10:10Judg 6:7Judg 2:16Judg 4:3Ps 107:13-191 Sam 12:10Neh 9:27

¹⁰And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 11:6Judg 11:29Judg 13:25Judg 14:19Judg 14:62 Chr 15:1Judg 6:34Num 24:21 Cor 12:4-111 Sam 10:6

¹¹And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 11:23Judg 3:30Judg 5:31Judg 8:28Esth 9:221 Chr 4:13Josh 15:17Judg 3:9

¹²And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 12:9John 19:11Judg 2:192 Kgs 5:1Dan 4:22Dan 5:18Exod 9:16Ezek 38:16Hos 6:4Isa 10:15

¹³And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 1:16Deut 34:3Judg 5:14Ps 83:6-7

¹⁴So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 26:23-25Deut 28:40Deut 28:47-48

¹⁵But 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 3:9Ps 78:34Isa 36:16Jer 33:3Judg 20:161 Chr 12:21 Sam 10:27Jer 29:12-13Prov 18:16Prov 19:6

¹⁶But 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Heb 4:12Ps 45:3Rev 2:12Judg 3:21Ps 149:6Rev 1:16Song 3:8

¹⁷And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 34:20Job 15:27Jer 5:28Jer 50:11Judg 3:29Ps 73:191 Sam 2:29Ps 73:7

¹⁸And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁹But 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Josh 4:202 Kgs 9:5-6Acts 23:18-19Judg 3:20Gen 45:1

²⁰And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 10:7Amos 3:152 Sam 12:1-152 Sam 24:12Judg 3:19Mic 6:9Ps 29:1

²¹And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 15:332 Cor 5:16Job 20:25Num 25:7-8Zech 13:3

²²And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

²³Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

²⁴When 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 24:3

²⁵And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

²⁶And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

²⁷And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:3Judg 6:342 Kgs 9:132 Sam 20:22Josh 17:15Josh 17:18Judg 17:1Judg 19:1Judg 5:14Judg 7:24

²⁸And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 12:51 Sam 17:47Josh 2:7Judg 7:15Judg 7:9Judg 7:24Judg 4:10Judg 7:17

²⁹And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 32:15Job 15:27Judg 3:17Ps 17:10

³⁰So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 3:11Judg 5:31

³¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 5:61 Cor 1:171 Sam 17:471 Sam 17:501 Sam 13:19-22Judg 15:15Judg 2:16Judg 5:81 Sam 4:1Judg 10:17