Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 3

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Judges 3 . 1 , The nations which were left to prove Israel; Judges 3 . 5 , By communion with them they commit idolatry; Judges 3 . 8 , Othniel delivered them from Chushan-rishathaim; Judges 3 . 12 , Ehud from Eglon; Judges 3 . 31 , and Shamgar from the Philistines.

Judges 3:1

These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

Judges 3:1 · BSB

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am 2561 , bc 1443 , An , Ex , Is , 48

Judges 3:2

if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

Judges 3:2 · BSB

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to teach Their fathers fought by a divine power. God taught their hands to war and their fingers to fight , that they might be the instruments of destruction to the wicked nations on whom the curse rested; but now that they had forfeited His favour , they must learn what it is to fight like other men.

Judges 3:3

the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

Judges 3:3 · BSB

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Judges 3:4

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.

Judges 3:4 · BSB

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Judges 3:5

Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Judges 3:5 · BSB

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Judges 3:6

And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Judges 3:6 · BSB

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Judges 3:7

So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Judges 3:7 · BSB

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Judges 3:8

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

Judges 3:8 · BSB

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Chushanrishathaim1 parallel

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am 2591 , bc 1413 , An , Ex , Is , 78

Mesopotamia Heb. Aram-naharaim. Aram-naharayim , "Syria of the two rivers ," or Mesopotamia , "between the rivers ," is a famous province situated between the Tigris and Euphrates. It is called by Arabian geographers , Maverannaher , "the country beyond the river;" and is now called Diarbek.

Judges 3:9

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.

Judges 3:9 · BSB

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am 2599 , bc 1405 , An , Ex , Is , 86

deliverer Heb. saviour

Judges 3:10

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 him.

Judges 3:10 · BSB

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came Heb. was

Mesopotamia Heb. Aram

Judges 3:11

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Judges 3:11 · BSB

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Judges 3:12

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.

Judges 3:12 · BSB

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am 2662 , bc 1342 , An , Ex , Is , 148

Judges 3:13

After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

Judges 3:13 · BSB

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Judges 3:14

The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

Judges 3:14 · BSB

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Judges 3:15

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.

Judges 3:15 · BSB

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Heb. shut of his right hand , This Hebrew phrase intimates that , either through disease or disuse , he made little or no use of the right hand , but of his left only , and so was the less fit for war , because he would most likely wield a dagger awkwardly . yet God chose this left-handed man to be the minister of his retributive justice. It was God's right hand that gained Israel the victory

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am 2679 , bc 1325 , An , Ex , Is , 166

a Benjamite or , the son of Jemini

Judges 3:16

Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

Judges 3:16 · BSB

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Judges 3:17

and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

Judges 3:17 · BSB

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Judges 3:19

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.

Judges 3:19 · BSB

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or graven images

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Judges 3:20

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.

Judges 3:20 · BSB

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Heb. a parlour of cooling , The aleeyah , or upper chamber , seems to have been of the same description as the oleah of the Arabs , but properly ventilated , described by Dr. Shaw , who says , that to most of their houses there is a smaller one annexed , which sometimes rises one story higher than the house; at other times , it consists of one or two rooms only , and a terrace; while others that are built , as they frequently are , over the porch or gateway , have , if we except the ground floor , which they want , all the conveniences that belong to the house itself. There is a door of communication from them into the gallery of the house; besides another , which opens immediately from a private staircase , down into the porch or street , without giving the least disturbance to the house. In these back houses strangers are usually lodged and entertained; and to them likewise the men are wont to retire from the noise and hurry of their families , to be more at leisure for mediation or diversions

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Judges 3:21

And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

Judges 3:21 · BSB

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Judges 3:22

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.

Judges 3:22 · BSB

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or , it came out at the fundament

Judges 3:24

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.

Judges 3:24 · BSB

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etc. or , doeth his easement

Judges 3:26

Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

Judges 3:26 · BSB

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Judges 3:27

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.

Judges 3:27 · BSB

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Judges 3:28

“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.

Judges 3:28 · BSB

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Judges 3:29

At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.

Judges 3:29 · BSB

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Heb. fat

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Judges 3:30

So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

Judges 3:30 · BSB

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Judges 3:31

After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

Judges 3:31 · BSB

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This implement , Mr. Maundrell informs us , in Palestine and Syria is of an extraordinary size. He measured several , and "found them about eight feet long; and at the bigger end about six inches in circumference. They were armed at the lesser end with a sharp prickle for driving the oxen; and at the other end with a small paddle of iron , strong and massive , for cleansing the plough from the clay. In the hand of a powerful man such an instrument must be more dangerous and fatal than a sword."

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Israel6 parallels

"So part is called Israel."

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