1These are the nations that the LORD left…
2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent…
3the five rulers of the Philistines, all the…
4These nations were left to test the Israelites,…
5Thus the Israelites continued to live among the…
6And they took the daughters of these people…
7So the Israelites did evil in the sight…
8Then the anger of the LORD burned against…
9But when the Israelites cried out to the…
10The Spirit of the LORD came upon him,…
11So the land had rest for forty years,…
12Once again the Israelites did evil in the…
13After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join…
14The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen…
15And again they cried out to the LORD,…
16Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged…
17and brought the tribute to Eglon king of…
18After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he…
19But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he…
20Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting…
21And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled…
22Even the handle sank in after the blade,…
23Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing…
24After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in…
25So they waited until they became worried and…
26Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited.…
27On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s…
28“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD…
29At that time they struck down about ten…
30So Moab was subdued under the hand of…
31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And…
