07:003:008 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.
07:003:009 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.
07:003:010 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.
07:003:011 And the land had rest forty years.
And Othniel the son of
Kenaz
died.
07:003:012 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.
07:003:013 And he gathered unto him the children of
Ammon and Amalek, and
went
and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
07:003:014 So the children of Israel served Eglon
the king of Moab
eighteen
years.
07:003:015 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.
07:003:016 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.
07:003:017 And he brought the present unto Eglon king
of Moab: and Eglon
was
a very fat man.
07:003:018 And when he had made an end to offer the
present, he sent away
the
people that bare the present.
07:003:019 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.
07:003:020 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.
07:003:021 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took
the dagger from his
right
thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
07:003:022 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.


