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Namely, fivelords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mountLebanon, from mountBaalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
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And they were to proveIsrael by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
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Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaimking of Mesopotamia: and the children of IsraelservedChushanrishathaimeightyears.
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And when the children of Israelcried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz,Caleb'syoungerbrother.
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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judgedIsrael, and went out to war: and the LORDdeliveredChushanrishathaimking of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his handprevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
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And the children of Israeldidevilagain in the sight of the LORD: and the LORDstrengthenedEglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had doneevil in the sight of the LORD.
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But when the children of Israelcried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a manlefthanded*: and by him the children of Israelsent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
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But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secreterrand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
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And Ehudcame unto him; and he was sitting in a summerparlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehudsaid, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
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And the haft also went inafter the blade; and the fatclosedupon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
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When he was gone out, his servantscame; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summerchamber.
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And 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 downdead on the earth.
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And 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.
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And he said unto them, Followafter me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went downafter him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.