1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely , five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 ¶ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
8 ¶ Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. 11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. 16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 25 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 down dead on the earth. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 27 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. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
31 ¶ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
1 hae sunt gentes quas Dominus dereliquit
ut erudiret in eis Israhelem
et omnes qui non noverant bella Chananeorum
2 et postea discerent filii eorum certare cum hostibus
et habere consuetudinem proeliandi
3 quinque satrapas Philisthinorum
omnemque Chananeum et Sidonium atque Eveum
qui habitabat in monte Libano
de monte Baalhermon usque ad introitum Emath
4 dimisitque eos ut in ipsis experiretur Israhelem
utrum audiret mandata Domini
quae praeceperat patribus eorum per manum Mosi an non
5 itaque filii Israhel habitaverunt in medio Chananei
et Hetthei et Amorrei et Ferezei et Evei et Iebusei
6 et duxerunt uxores filias eorum
ipsique filias suas eorum filiis tradiderunt
et servierunt diis eorum
7 feceruntque malum in conspectu Domini et obliti sunt Dei sui
servientes Baalim et Astharoth
8 iratusque Dominus contra Israhel
tradidit eos in manus Chusanrasathaim regis Mesopotamiae
servieruntque ei octo annis
9 et clamaverunt ad Dominum
qui suscitavit eis salvatorem et liberavit eos
Othonihel videlicet filium Cenez fratrem Chaleb minorem
10 fuitque in eo spiritus Domini et iudicavit Israhel
egressusque est ad pugnam
et tradidit Dominus in manu eius Chusanrasathaim
regem Syriae
et oppressit eum
11 quievitque terra quadraginta annis
et mortuus est Othonihel filius Cenez
12 addiderunt autem filii Israhel facere malum in conspectu Domini
qui confortavit adversum eos Eglon regem Moab
quia fecerunt malum in conspectu eius
13 et copulavit ei filios Ammon et Amalech
abiitque et percussit Israhel atque possedit Urbem palmarum
14 servieruntque filii Israhel Eglon regi Moab decem et octo annis
15 et postea clamaverunt ad Dominum
qui suscitavit eis salvatorem
vocabulo Ahoth filium Gera filii Iemini
qui utraque manu utebatur pro dextera
miseruntque filii Israhel per illum munera Eglon regi Moab
16 qui fecit sibi gladium ancipitem
habentem in medio capulum longitudinis palmae manus
et accinctus est eo subter sagum in dextro femore
17 obtulitque munera Eglon regi Moab
erat autem Eglon crassus nimis
18 cumque obtulisset ei munera
prosecutus est socios qui cum eo venerant
19 et reversus de Galgalis ubi erant idola dixit ad regem
verbum secretum habeo ad te o rex
et ille imperavit silentium
egressisque omnibus qui circa eum erant
20 ingressus est Ahoth ad eum
sedebat autem in aestivo cenaculo solus
dixitque verbum Dei habeo ad te
qui statim surrexit de throno
21 extenditque Ahoth manum sinistram
et tulit sicam de dextro femore suo infixitque eam in ventre eius
22 tam valide ut capulus ferrum sequeretur in vulnere
ac pinguissimo adipe stringeretur
nec eduxit gladium sed ita ut percusserat reliquit in corpore
statimque per secreta naturae alvi stercora proruperunt
23 Ahoth autem clausis diligentissime ostiis cenaculi et obfirmatis sera
24 per posticam egressus est
servique regis ingressi viderunt clausas fores cenaculi atque dixerunt
forsitan purgat alvum in aestivo cubiculo
25 expectantesque diu donec erubescerent
et videntes quod nullus aperiret tulerunt clavem
et aperientes invenerunt dominum suum iacentem in terra mortuum
26 Ahoth autem dum illi turbarentur effugit
et pertransiit locum Idolorum unde reversus fuerat
venitque in Seirath
27 et statim insonuit bucina in monte Ephraim
descenderuntque cum eo filii Israhel ipso in fronte gradiente
28 qui dixit ad eos sequimini me
tradidit enim Dominus inimicos nostros Moabitas in manus nostras
descenderuntque post eum
et occupaverunt vada Iordanis quae transmittunt in Moab
et non dimiserunt transire quemquam
29 sed percusserunt Moabitas in tempore illo circiter decem milia
omnes robustos et fortes viros
nullus eorum evadere potuit
30 humiliatusque est Moab die illo sub manu Israhel
et quievit terra octoginta annis
31 post hunc fuit Samgar filius Anath
qui percussit de Philisthim sescentos viros vomere
et ipse quoque defendit Israhel