These are the nations that the LORD left to test all - the Israelites - who had not known - any of the wars in Canaan ,
if only vvv ... to teach warfare to the subsequent generations vvv of Israel , especially to those who had not known it formerly :
the five rulers of the Philistines , all the Canaanites , the Sidonians , and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount vvv Baal-hermon to vvv Lebo-hamath.
(These nations) were (left) to test - the Israelites , to find out whether they would keep - the commandments of the LORD , which He had given - their fathers through Moses.
Thus the Israelites ... continued to live among the Canaanites , Hittites , Amorites , Perizzites , Hivites , and Jebusites.
And they took - the daughters (of these people) in marriage , - gave their own daughters to their sons , and served - their gods.
So the Israelites ... - did evil in the sight of the LORD ; they forgot - the LORD their God and served - the Baals - and the Asherahs.
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel , and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king vvv of Aram-naharaim , and the Israelites ... - served (him) eight years.
But when the Israelites ... cried out to the LORD , (He) raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger ... brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save - (them) ....
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him , and he became Israel’s judge - and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand (of Othniel) - , who prevailed ... against vvv him.
So the land had rest for forty years , until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
Once again the Israelites ... did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He - {gave} Eglon king of Moab power over Israel , because ... they had done - evil in the sight of the LORD.
After enlisting the Ammonites ... and Amalekites to join forces with him , - (Eglon) attacked and defeated - Israel , taking possession of - the City of Palms.
The Israelites ... - served Eglon king of Moab eighteen ... years.
And again (they) ... cried out to the LORD , and He raised up Ehud son of Gera , a left-handed ... ... Benjamite ... , ... as their deliverer -. So (they) sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
Now Ehud had made a double-edged ... sword a cubit long. He strapped - it to his right thigh under his cloak
and brought - the tribute to Eglon king of Moab , who was an obese ... man.
- After Ehud had finished presenting - the tribute , he ushered out - those who had carried it.
But upon reaching the idols - near Gilgal , he himself turned back and said , “ I have a secret message for you , O king. ” “ Silence , ” said the king , and all his attendants ... ... left him.
Then Ehud approached him ... while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room - “ I have a word from God for you , ” Ehud said , and the king rose from (his) seat.
And Ehud - reached with his left hand , pulled - the sword from his right thigh , and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
Even the handle sank in after the blade , and Eglon’s fat closed in over it , so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
Then Ehud went out through the porch , closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
After Ehud was gone , Eglon’s servants came in - and found the doors of the upper room locked. “... He must be - relieving himself ... in the cool room , ” they said.
So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took - the key and opened (the doors) — and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
Ehud, however , had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by - the idols and escaped to Seirah.
- On arriving (in Seirah) , he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites ... came down with him from the hills , and he became their leader ....
“ Follow me , ” he told them , ... “ for the LORD - has delivered your enemies - the Moabites into your hand. ” So they followed him down ... and seized - the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab , and did not allow anyone to cross over.
At that time they struck down - about ten thousand Moabites , all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped ....
So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day , and the land had rest for eighty years.
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too - saved ... Israel , striking down - six hundred ... Philistines with an oxgoad ....