And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods (3:6)

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 (3:7)

Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years (3:8)

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. (3:9) com1

And the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim (3:10)

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died (3:11)

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 (3:12)

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees (3:13)

So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years (3:14)

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 (3:15)

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 (3:16)

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon [was] a very fat man (3:17)

And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present (3:18)

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 (3:19)

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 (3:20)

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: (3:21)

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 (3:22)

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them (3:23)

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 (3:24)

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 (3:25)

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath (3:26)

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 (3:27)

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 (3:28)

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 (3:29)

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years (3:30)

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 (3:31)

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