Verse 8
Judges 3:8
Free Bible Version
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But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, he provided someone to rescue them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, and he saved them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּֽחַר אַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽ/יִּמְכְּרֵ֗/ם בְּ/יַד֙ כּוּשַׁ֣ן רִשְׁעָתַ֔יִם מֶ֖לֶךְ אֲרַ֣ם נַהֲרָ֑יִם וַ/יַּעַבְד֧וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת כּוּשַׁ֥ן רִשְׁעָתַ֖יִם שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה שָׁנִֽים
English Translation
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim, and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim for eight years.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
(He did so to teach warfare to the later generations of Israel, particularly to those who had not pr...
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They are: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites liv...
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They were left there be to a test for the Israelites, to find out whether the Israelites would keep...
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4
They lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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5
The Israelites intermarried with them, marrying their daughters, giving their own daughters to their...
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6
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They ignored the Lord their God (Elohim) and w...
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7
The Lord became angry with Israel, so he sold them to Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim. The...
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8
But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, he provided someone to rescue them, Othn...
9
The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he became Israel's judge. He went to war with Cushan-Rishath...
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10
As a result, the country was a peace for forty years until Othniel, son of Kenaz, died.
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11
But once again the Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because they did this the L...
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12
Eglon had the Ammonites and the Amalekite join him, and then attacked and defeated Israel, taking po...
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13
The Israelites were subject to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
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14
Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, and he provided someone to rescue them, Ehu...
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15
Ehud had made for himself a cubit long double-edged sword, and he strapped it to his right thigh und...
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16
He came and presented the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.
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But when he reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He went to see Eglon, and told him,...
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Ehud then went over to where Eglon was sitting alone in his cool upstairs room, and told him, “I hav...
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The handle went in with the blade and the fat closed over it. So Ehud didn't pull the sword out, and...
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Then Ehud closed and locked the doors, and escaped through the toilet.
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After he had left, the servants came and saw that the doors of the room were locked. “He must be usi...
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So they waited until they couldn't stand it any more, and since he still hadn't opened the doors of...
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23
While the servants delayed acting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols and on to Seirah.
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24
When he got there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites joined him....
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25
He told them, “Follow me, for the Lord has handed Moab, your enemy, over to you.” So they followed h...
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Then they attacked the Moabites and killed around 10,000 of their best and strongest fighting men. N...
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Moab was conquered that day and made subject to Israel, and the country was at peace for eighty year...
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After Ehud was Shamgar, son of Anath, who killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He also res...
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