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The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, forgetting the Lord their God, and worshiping the Baals and the Asherahs.
8
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim; and the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
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But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the Israelites, who delivered them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
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The spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the Lord gave King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
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So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
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The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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In alliance with the Ammonites and the Amalekites, he went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms.
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So the Israelites served King Eglon of Moab eighteen years.
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But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent tribute by him to King Eglon of Moab.
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Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he fastened it on his right thigh under his clothes.
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Then he presented the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.