Altar of the Reubenites. 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, 1 In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? Joshua's farewell. lot these nations that remain, to be as inheritance for your tribes, froin Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea 2 westward. JOSHUA, XXIV. 25 For the LORD hath made crdan a sun-set. border between us and you;ye children cf a De.11.23. Reuben, and children of Gad; ye b have Ps.44.2. no part in the LORD so shall your chil-b Ne.2.20. dren make our children cease d from c Nu.33.53. fearing the LORD. diKi. 12.27,28 26 Therefore we said, Let us now pre-e c.1.7. pare to build us an altar, not for burnt-f De.5.32. offering, nor for sacrifice: g De.7.2,3. 27 But that it may be a witnesshbetween h ver.34. us and you, and our generations after us,i Ps. 16.4. that we might do the service of the LORD Hos.2.7. before I him with our burnt-offerings, and k Zep.1 4-6. with our sacrifices, and with our peace- De.12.5,&c. offerings; that your children may not say or, For if ye to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. 3 will cleave. m c.22.5. or, Then the Lord will drive. Ju.7.19-22. 15.15. o Ex.25.40. your souls. 5 And the LORD your God, he a shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised c unto you. 6 Be ye therefore very courageous, e to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses,that f ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left, 7 That g ye come not among these na tions, these that remain among you; neither make mention i of the name of their gods,nor cause to swear k by them,neither servethem, nor bow yourselves unto them. 8 3 But cleave m unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. 94 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong bu as for you, no inan hath been able to stand before you unto this day. 10 One n man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as p he hath promised you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto 5 yourselves. that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, & cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages s with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us, or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the patternoof the altar n Le.26.8. of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 God forbid q that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an alar for burnt-offerings, for meat-off, sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. JSa. 12.23. 30 And when Phinehas the priest,and the 1Ki.21.3. 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD princes of the congregation,& heads of the Ro.3.6. your God will no more t drive out any of thousands of Israel which were with him, Ps. 125.5. these nations from before you; but they heard the words that the children of Reu- Is.1.4. shall be suares u and traps unto you, and ben,& the children of Gad, & the children Zep.1.6. Scourges in your sides, and thorns in of Manasseh, spake, it 6 pleased them. He.10.38,39. your eyes, until ye perish from off v this 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 2Pe.2.20,21. good land which the LORD your God hath priest said unto the children of Reuben, s 2Co.6.14. given you. and to the children of Gad, and to the chil-t Ju.2.2.3. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the dren of Manasseh, This day we perceive u 1Ki.11.4. way of all the earth; and ye know in ail that the LORD is among x us, because ye 2Ki.17.22,23 your hearts, and in all your souls, w that have not committed this trespass against was good in not one thing hath failed of all the good the LORD:now ye have delivered the chiltheir eyes. things which the LORD your God spake dren of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. w c.21.45. concerning you; all are come to pass 32 And Phineas the son of Eleazar the x Le.26.11,12. unto you, and not one thing hath failed priest, and the princes, returned from the Zec.8.23. thereof. children of Reuben, and from the children, 1 Co.14.25. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass that of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the then. as all good things are come upon you, land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, yLe.26.14,&c. which the LORD your God promised you; and brought them word z again. De.28.15,63 so shall the LORD bring upon you y all 33 And the thing pleased the children of z Pr.25.13. evil things, until he have destroyed you Israel: and the children of Israel a blessed a1Sa.25.32,33 from off this good land which the LORD God, and did not intend to go up against ICh.29.20. your God hath given you. them in battle, to destroy the land where- Ne.8.6. in the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. Da.2.19. 34 And the children of Reuben, and the Ep.1.3. children of Gad, called the altar 8 Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. 6 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which ne commanded you, and have gone and serv i. e. a wit-ed other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger b of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. ness: So c 24.27. b2Ki.24.20. ND it came to pass a long time after c c.22.4. 3 And ye have seen al! that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you: for the LORD i your k Ge.12.1. God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided 1 unto you by I c.13.6,7. 18.10. CHAP. XXIV. ND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Arastus Kate, & called a for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; 2c1 they presented g themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers h dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor : and they served other gods. 3 And I took k your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him and exhortation. JOSHUA, XXIV. throughout all the land of Canaan, and B. C. 1427. multiplied his seed, and gave him a Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and a Ge.21.2,3. Esau and I gave unto Esau c mount Seir, b Ge.25.24. to possess it but Jacob d and his chil. c Ge.36.8. dren went down into Egypt. De.2.5. 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I d Ge.46.1-7. plagued f Egypt, according to that which e Ps.116.16. I did among them: and afterward I Lu. 1.74,75. brought you out. f Ex.c.7to12. 6 And I brought your fathers out of g Mat.6.24. Egypt: and you came unto the sea: and h Le.19.2. the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 1Sa.6.20. i Ex.20.5. Ezr.8.22. 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes] have seen what I have done in Egypt: and Is.65.11,12. ye dwelt in the wilderness a long pscason. In Eze.18.24. 8 And I brought you into the land of the o De.26.17. Amorites, which dwelt on the other side p c.5.6. Jordan; and they fought with you: and q Ps. 119.173. I gave them into your hand, that ye might r Ju.10.15,16. possess their land; and I destroyed them 1Sa.7.3. from before you. sNu.21.21-35. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of t Pr.2.2. Moab, arose and warred against Israel, He.12.28,29. and sent v and called Balaam the son of u De.5.28,29. Beor to curse you: v Nu.22.5,&c w De.23.4. Mi.6.5. 10 But w I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And x ye went over Jordan, and came x c.3.14-17. unto Jericho and the men of z Jericho y Ju.9.6. fought against you, the Amorites, and the 2 c.6. Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the a De.32.1. Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, b Ex.23.28. and the Jebusites: and I delivered them De.7.20. into your hand. cc.22.28.34. 12 And I sent the hornet b before you, d Ps.44.3,6. which drave them out from before you, e c.21.45. even the two kings of the Amorites; but f De.6.10-12. not d with thy sword, nor with thy bow. c.11.13. 13 And I have given e you a land for g 1Sa.12.24. which ye did not labour, and cities fh c.19.50. which ye built not, and ye dwell in Ge.17.1. them; of the vineyards and oliveyards De.18.13. which ye planted, not do ye eat. 14 Now g therefore fear the LORD, and] serve him in sincerity and in truth: and] put away k the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose m you this day whom ye will serve; whether o the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but q as for me and my house, we will n De. 11.2.7. serve the LORD. o Eze.20.39. Jno.4.24. 2Co.1.12. Ep.6.24. Le.17.7. Eze.20.18. 1 Ju.2.7. prolonged their days after. m Ru.1.15,16 1Ki.18.21. Jno.6.67. 16 And the people answered and said, p Ge.50.25. God forbid that we should forsake the Ex.13.19. LORD, to serve other gods; He.11.22. 119.106. 17 For the LORD our God, he it is that q Ps. 101.2. brought us up, and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bond-r Ge.33.19. age, and which did those great signs in 2 or, lambs. 15 Death of Joshua. our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drave out from hefore us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore e will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannotg serve the LORD:for h he is an holy God; he is a jealous i God; he k will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If mye forsake the Loan, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye o are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen q you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put r away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart t unto the LORD God of Israel. 24 And the people said u unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a state and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there y under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness uD to us; for it hath heard a all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall e be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritanceh in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 31 And Israel I served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 1 overlived Joshua, and which had known n all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. 32 And p the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought r of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem, for an hundred 2 pieces of silver and it become the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died; and they buried him in a hil that per tained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. H 169 N The Book of JUDGES. B. C. 1425. 17 And Judah a went with Simeon hi brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly de stroyed it: (And the name of the city was called Hormah. d) CHAP. I. TOW, after the death b of Joshua, it came to pass, that the children of Is a ver.3. rael c asked the LORD, saying, Who shall b Jos.24.29. go up for us against the Canaanites first, c Nu.27.21. to fight against them? c.20.18. 2 And the LORD said, Judah f shall go d Nu.21.3. up: behold, I have delivered the land in-e Jos.11.22. to his hand. f Ge.49.8,9. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his bro-g ver.2. ther, Come up with me into my lot, that 2 Ki.18.7. we may fight against the Canaanites; and) Ps.60.12. I likewise will go with thee t into thy Ec.9.11. lot. So Simeon went with him. or,possessed the moun- h Ex.14.7,&c. 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Periz. zites into their hand and they slew of them in Bezek n ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and theyi ver. 17. slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. k Jos.14.9-14. 6 But Adoni-bezek fied: and they pur-17 Nu.14.24. sued after him, and caught him, and cut of his thumbs and his great toes. De.1.36. ra Jos. 15.63. 18.28. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their n 1Sa. 11.8. great toes cut off, gathered 3 their meat o Ge.49.24. under my table: asr I have done, so God ver.19. bath requited me. And they brought p Jos.7.2. Lim to Jerusalem, and there he died. 2 the thumbs of their S Now the children of Judah had t fought against Jerusalem, and had ta Een it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward u the children of Ju-3 dah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in z Hebron, (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-s arba,) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. hands and of their feet Ge.28.19. or, gleaned. Le.24.19. 1Sa.15.33. Is.33.1. Mat.7.1,2. Ja.2.13. Jos.2.12. 1Sa.30.15. t Jos.15.63. u Jos.11.21. 2Ki.7.6. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir; (and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher :) 4 or, low 12 Andz Caleb said, He that smiteth; country. Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will w Jos.17.11. I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Ca-x Jos.15.13. leb's younger brother, took it: and he y Ro.7.21. gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. Jos.15.15,&c 14 And it came to pass, when she came to a Jos. 16.10. him, that she moved him to ask of her IKI.9.16. father a field and she lighted from off b Jos.19.15. her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What c Jos.19.24-30 wilt thou? 15 And she said unto him, Give me ad Ge.33.11. blessing: d for thou hast given me a south 1 Pe.3.9. land, give me also springs of water. And e c.4.11,17. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the ICh.2.55. nether springs. f Ps.106.35. 16 And the children of the e Kenite, Mo-g De.34.3. ses' father-in-law, went up out of the h Jos. 19.32-39 g city of palm-trees with the children of i Nu.21.1. Judah into the wilderness of Judah,which k Nu.10.29beth in the south of i Arad: and k they ent and dwelt among the people. 32. 1Sa.15.6 18 Also Judah took Gaza e with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19 And the LORD g was with Judah, and he drave 1 out the inhabitants of the mountain, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots h of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron k unto Caleb, as Moses said: 7 and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. 21 And the children of Benjamin m did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the o LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry p Beth-el: (Now the name of the city before was Luz. q) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city; and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we s will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the v Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 Neither did Manasseh w drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Tanach and her towns,nor the inhabi tants of Dor and her towns,nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but theCanaanites would y dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute,and did not utterly drive them out. 29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dweit in Gezer; a but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalal; b but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 Neither did Asher c drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. for they did f not drive them out. 33 Neither did Naphtali h drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of An Angel rebukes the Israelites. JUDGES, III. Beth shemesh and of Beth-anath became B. C. 1245. tributaries c unto them 34 And the Amorites forced the chila Ac.13.20. dren of Dan into the mountain: for they saved. would not suffer them to come down to the valley: ¿Ps. 106.43-45 c ver.30. 35 But the Amorites would dwell in Ps. 18.44. mountHeres in Ajalon,e and in Shaalbim: d Ex.34.15,16 yet the hand of the house of Joseph 2pre-e Jos. 10.12. vailed, so that they became tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from 3 the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. CHAP. II. AND an 4 angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, h and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt,and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, h I will never break my covenant with you. 19.42. 8.33. Idolatry of the Israelites. judges, a which delivered b them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whor ing d after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then f the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented g the LORD because of their groanings, by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when i the judge was dead, that they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fa or, messen-thers, in following other gods to serve 2 Andiye shall make no league with the ger. them, and to bow down unto them: 6 inhabitants of this land, ye m shall throw h ver.5. they ceased not from their own doings, down their altars: but nye have not obey-i c.4.1. nor from their stubborn way. ed my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said,I will not drivek Ge.17.7. them out from before you: but they shall be as thorns p in your sides, and their gods q shall be a share r unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. Ps.89.34. 5 And they called the name of that in ver.20. 6 And when t Joshua had let the people p Jos.23.13. the elders that 9 outlived Joshua, who De.7.16. i.c.weepers. had seen all the great works of the LORD, 8 suffered. 9 And they buried him in the border of u Jos.19.50. of the hill Gaash. 24.30. Timnath serah. 10 And also, all that generation were u Jos. 13.3. gathered unto their fathers: and there w Ex.5.2. arose another generation after them, which knew whot the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 1Ch.28.9. Ps.92.5,6. Je.9.3. 22.16. Ga.4.8. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD,and served Baalim :| 12 And they forsook x the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other x De.31.16. gods, of the gods of the people that were ly De.5.9. round about them, and bowed y them-z De.7.3,4. selves unto them, and provoked the LORD a c.3.7,8. to anger. 10.7. 13 And they forsook the LORD, and Ps 106.40-42 served Baal and Ashtaroth. b 2Ki.17.20. c.4.2. Ps. 44.12. 14 And the anger of the LORD was otc against Israel, and he delivered b them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled Is.50.1. them, and he sold e them into the hands d Hab.3.7. of their enemies round about.so that they 1 Aram-macould not any longer stand before their haraim. enemies. e Le.26.17. De.28.15. f1Sa. 12.10. Ne.9.27. 15 Whithersoever e they went out, the band of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them, and they were greatly distressed. 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because o that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice, 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died; 22 That through them I may prove s Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD, to walk therein, as their fath ers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the LORD 8 left those na tions, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. CHAP. III. N LORD left, to prove Israel by them; TOW these are the nations which the (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 vlords 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 z 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 wat hot against Israel, and he sold them intc the hand of d Chushan-rishathaim king of 1 Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. 9 And when the children of Israel ƒ crie Ps.107.13,19 unto the LORD, the LORD raised up 2 saviour. deliverer 2 to the children of Israel, w g c.1.13. Idelivered them, even Othniel g the son 171 Egion sia by Ehud. Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. JUDGES, IV. Israel enslaved by Jabin. B. C. 1394. (the fords of Jordon toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 10 And the Spirit a of the LORD 1 came upon him, and he judged Israel,and went a c.6.34. out to war and the LORD delivered] 11.29. Chusban rishathaim king of 3 Mesopo-1 was. tamia into his hand; and his hand pre-2 fat. vailed against Chushan-rishathaim. Ps. 17,10. 11 And the land had rest forty years: 3 Aram. and Othaiel the son of Kenaz died. c.5.6. 15.15. 1 Sa. 17.47. 12 And the children of Israel did evil c c.5.8. again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglou the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. Eg d So part is 29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, al! 2 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 Shanger b the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with c an ox-goad: and The also delivered Israel. d CHAP. IV. ND the children of Israel again e did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. concernoniy 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 don the king of Moab, eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried e c.2.19. unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up f a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Beng jamite, a man left-handed: 5 and by him the children of Israal sent a present unto Egion 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 Eg. lon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat 22 man. c.1.16. 4 18. And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the peo-m ple that bare the present. 19 But himself turned again from the quarries 6 that o were by Gilgal, and said, 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,] 2 Fs.73.7,19. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD; for he had nine hundred chariots bof iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. 4 And Deborah a prpohetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that, time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah, m between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 And she sent and called Barek, the son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go, and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naph tali and of the children of Zebulun? 7 And Ip will draw unto thee, to the river Kishon, q Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his choriots and his mul titude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou will not go with me, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barek to Kedesh. 10 And s Barek called Zebulon & Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with sen thousand men at his feet; and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite 1 which was of the children of Hohab, u the father-inlaw of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his teat unto the plain of Zaanaim, v which is by Kedesh. 25 And they tarried till they were 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak ashamed; and, behold, he opened not the Jos. 19.33.37. the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount doors of the parlour: therefore they took a gathered by Tabor. key, and opened,them: and, behold, their cry, or prolord was fallen down dead on the earth. clamation. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tar-w Ver. 19. ried, and passed beyond the quarries, wc 6.31. and escaped unto Seirath. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after a c.7-9,15. me; for the LORD hath delivered a your Ps.83.9,10. enemies the Moabites into your hand. Jos 10.10. And they went down after him, and took c Hc.11.32. 13 And Sisera 1 gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentile usto the river of Kishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barek, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: z 18 not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor,and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the LORD discomfitted Sisera,and all his chariots, and all his host, with the 'edge of the sword, before Barak: c so that |