23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry B. C. 1425. Beth-el: (Now the name of the city before was Luz.c) 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 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. h 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. a ver.20. Ps.106.3436. Jos.7.2. Jos.23.13. c.3.6. c Ge.28.19. f Ex.23.33. De.7.16. Jos.2.12. 1 Sa.30.15. 1 i.e. weepers 2 Ki.7.6. i Jos.24.28, &c. Jos.17.11-13. 2 prolonged days after. 27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Ro.7.21. 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 Jos.19.50. Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol;" but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 24.30. Timnathserah. m Jos.16.10. 1 Ki.9.16. n Jos.19.15. 1 Ch.28.9. 22.16. Ga.4.8. 2 Th.1.8. Tit.1.16. pJos.19.24-30. r Ps.106.35. 31 Neither did Asher P 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 De.31.16. Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out. 33 Neither did Naphtali 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 Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. 8 39. Jos.19.32De.5.9. u c.3.7,8. 10.7. Ps. 106.40-42. v ver.30. Ps.18.44. 2.17.20. z c.4.2. Ps.44.12. Is.50.1. Jos.10.12. 19.42. De.28.15. 3 was heary. or, Maaleh Akrabbim. a Ac.13.20. ger. c ver.5. from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I or, messenmade you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. e 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw dEx.34.15,16. e Ge.17.7. Ps.89.34. f De.7.2. De.12.3. 207 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. 5 And they called the name of that place ' Bochim, and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 2 outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres,' in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger " of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered " them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand 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 judges, a which 5 delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring 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. B. C. 1425. a i Sa.12.10. Eglon slain by Ehud. 18 And when the LORD raised them up 9 And when the children of Israel a cried judges, then the LORD was with the unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a dejudge, and delivered them out of the hand liverer to the children of Israel, who of their enemies all the days of the judge: b Jos.1.5. delivered them, even Othniel the son of for it repented the LORD because of their saviour. Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. c c.1.13. groanings, by reason of them that oppress-d Ge.6.6. 10 And the Spirit of the LORD 2 came ed them and vexed them. upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of 3 Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. De.32.36. 11.29. 8.33. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge e c.6.34. was dead, that they returned and corrupted 2 was. themselves more than their fathers, infc.4.1, following other gods to serve them, and to 3 Aram. bow down unto them: 5 they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 4 were cor- let nothing 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that Jos.23.16. 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 c.1.16. Joshua left when he died; .. 22 That through them I may prove i Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD, to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. CHAP. III. 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; i Ps.66.10. j De.28.48. 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them k Ps.73.7,19. war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;) 9 or, graven 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, Jos.13.3. and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Le- images. banon, from mount Baal-hermon unto them Jos.4.20. 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: 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, 7 a man left-handed: 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 k man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 19 But himself turned again from the quarries that m 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. 10 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 is covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me; for the LORD hath delivered your en-i emies 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. d c.1.16. e c.6.34. 1 Sa. 13.3. Nu.10.29. g Jos.17.15. 1 Zaanannim. Jos. 19.33.37. c.7.9,15 gathered by cry, or, proclamation. t 2 Sa.5.24. c.5.6. Jos.10.10. m c.5.8. 15.15. 1 Sa. 17.47. n So part is called Israel c.4.1,3, &c. concern only the country He.11.32. q 1 Sa. 12.9. 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried untor Jos.11.1,10. the LORD; for he had nine hundred chari-3 unto one. ots" of iron: and twenty years he mightily t ver.13.16. oppressed the children of Israel. 4 And Deborah a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah, w between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. u c.1.19. v 2 Ki.6.19. Ge.35.8. 4 or, rug, or, blanket. 6 And she sent and called Barak, the son c.5.25,26. 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 Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? a went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. 11 Now Heber the Kenite, d which was of the children of Hobab, the father-inlaw of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. 1 h 13 And Sisera gathered together ali nis chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword, before Barak; ° SO that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. 3 17 Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not: and when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a 4 mantle. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, * and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent; and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a nail of the tent, and 5 took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples," and fastened it into the ground: (for he was fast asleep, and weary:) so he died. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he u De.32.17. and Barak. 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the 3 sea-shore, and abode in his breaches. 3 c 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that 5 jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought; then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no gain of money. i 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their 6 courses fought against Sisera. 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 8 22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the Angel of the LORD; curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He askedwater, and she gavehim milk; 8 They chose new " gods; then was war in the gates: was " there a shield or spear 1 Sa.13.19, she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. seen among forty thousand in Israel? I 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. 10 Speak, 12 yey that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the 22. z ver.2. 12 or,meditate. 13 Between. 14 destroyed. : Ps. 145.7. 15 righteous nesses. a Ca.2.9. 6 1 Sa.12.7. c Ps.57.8. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and with 11 the hammer she smote Sisera; she sinote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 At 13 her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down 14 dead. 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariots so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned 16 answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped? have d they not divided the prey; to 17 of a man. every man a damsel or two? to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needle-work, of divers colours of needle-work on both sides, mect for the necks of them that take the spoil? 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have domin-f Ps.75.7. ion over the mighty. 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people: out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that 18 handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on 19 foot into the valley. For 20 the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. 22 The call of Gideon. Gideon's deliverance. a sign that thou talkest with me. JUDGES, VI. anites the children of Israel made them B. C. 1256. the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; c a I Sa.13.6. Ge.18.3,5. 1 or, meatoffering. 2 a kid of the goals. De.28.30. 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, tille Le.26.16. thou come unto Gaza; and left no sustenance for Israel, neither 3 sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 3 or, goat. their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. 7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, Je.46.23. Le.9.24. 2 Ch.7.1. If Hos.5.15. 4 a man a prophet. Is.6.5-8. 8 That the LORD sent 4 a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto gc.13.22,23. them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought forth out of the house of bondage; you 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt p He.11.32. save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my LORD, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, 10 my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least 7 of my father's house. 16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 1 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, 2 and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it 5 Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 6 h 25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: k 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he die: may because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will |