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And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.
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And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and put out of their minds the Lord their God, and became servants to the Baals and the Astartes.
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So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.
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And when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he became judge of Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord gave up Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands and he overcame him.
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Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
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Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.
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And Eglon got together the people of Ammon and Amalek, and they went and overcame Israel and took the town of palm-trees.
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And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
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Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab.
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So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.