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;
Judges 2:21,22 I also will not from now on drive out any from before them of the …
Deuteronomy 7:22 And the LORD your God will put out those nations before you by little …
prove
Deuteronomy 8:2,16 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you …
2 Chronicles 32:31 However, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon…
Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come …
Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD …
Jeremiah 6:27 I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people, that you …
Jeremiah 17:9,10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: …
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine …
John 2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all men,
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold …
1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is …
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall …
as had not
Judges 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and …
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
might know
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not …
Genesis 3:5,7 For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes …
2 Chronicles 12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, …
Matthew 10:34-39 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send …
John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace. …
1 Corinthians 9:26,27 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that …
Ephesians 6:11-18 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against …
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto …
2 Timothy 2:3 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
to teach. Their fathers fought by a divine power. God taught their hands to war and their fingers to flight, that they might be the instruments of destruction to the wicked nations on whom the curse rested; but now that they had forfeited His favour, they must learn what it is to fight like other men.
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
five lords
Judges 10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them …
Judges 14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that …
Joshua 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to the borders of Ekron northward, …
1 Samuel 4:1,2 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against …
1 Samuel 6:18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of …
1 Samuel 13:5,19-23 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, …
1 Samuel 29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands…
Canaanites
Judges 4:2,23,24 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that …
Genesis 10:15-19 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth…
Numbers 13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, …
Sidonians
Judges 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress …
Judges 18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people …
Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for …
Joshua 11:8-13 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, …
Joshua 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Zidon;
in mount
Numbers 34:8 From mount Hor you shall point out your border to the entrance of …
Deuteronomy 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, …
Deuteronomy 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Joshua 11:3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, …
Joshua 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun rise, …
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.
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
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.
did evil
Judges 3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: …
Judges 2:11-13 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and …
the groves
Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Take …
Exodus 34:13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down …
Deuteronomy 16:21 You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of …
1 Kings 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God …
1 Kings 18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, …
2 Kings 23:6,14 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without …
2 Chronicles 15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed …
2 Chronicles 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served …
2 Chronicles 33:3,19 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had …
2 Chronicles 34:3,7 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began …
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.
Judges 2:14,20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered …
Exodus 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and …
Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his …
Psalm 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Psalm 85:3 You have taken away all your wrath: you have turned yourself from …
he sold
Judges 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered …
Judges 4:9 And she said, I will surely go with you: notwithstanding the journey …
Deuteronomy 32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, …
1 Samuel 12:9 And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand …
Isaiah 50:1 Thus said the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom …
Romans 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Chushan-rishathaim
Habakkuk 3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the …
mesopotamia. Heb. Aram-naharaim, Syria of the two rivers, or Mesopotamia, between the rivers, is a famous province situated between the Tigris and Euphrates. It is called by Arabian geographers, Maverannaher, the country beyond the rivers; and is now called Diarbek.
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.
Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised …
Judges 4:3 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD: for he had nine hundred …
Judges 6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD …
Judges 10:10 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, We have sinned …
1 Samuel 12:10 And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we …
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who …
Psalm 22:5 They cried to you, and were delivered: they trusted in you, and were …
Psalm 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired …
Psalm 106:41-44 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated …
Psalm 107:13-19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out …
raised up
Judges 2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out …
delivered. Heb. saviour. Othniel
Judges 1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and …
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.
the Spirit
Judges 6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; …
Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah, and he passed over …
Judges 13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp …
Judges 14:6,19 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily on him, and he rent him …
Numbers 11:17 And I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of …
Numbers 27:18 And the LORD said to Moses, Take you Joshua the son of Nun, a man …
1 Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come on you, and you shall prophesy …
1 Samuel 11:6 And the Spirit of God came on Saul when he heard those tidings, and …
1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle …
2 Chronicles 15:1 And the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
2 Chronicles 20:14 Then on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son …
Psalm 51:11 Cast me not away from your presence; and take not your holy spirit from me.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit…
Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have …
came. Heb. was Mesopotamia. Heb. Aram
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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.
Judges 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, …
Hosea 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? …
and the Lord
Exodus 9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, for to show …
2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great …
Isaiah 10:15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews therewith? or shall …
Isaiah 37:26 Have you not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, …
Isaiah 45:1-4 Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I …
Ezekiel 38:16 And you shall come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to …
Daniel 4:22 It is you, O king, that are grown and become strong: for your greatness …
Daniel 5:18 O you king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, …
John 19:11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except …
the king
1 Samuel 12:9 And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand …
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
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.
Judges 3:9 And when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised …
Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …
Psalm 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired …
Psalm 90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein you have afflicted us, …
Jeremiah 29:12,13 Then shall you call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I …
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty …
a Benjamite, or the son of Jemini. left-handed. Heb. shut of his right hand. This Hebrew phrase intimates that, either through disease or disuse, he made little or no use of the right hand, but of his left only, and so was the less fit for war, because he would most likely wield a dagger awkwardly; yet God chose this left-handed man to be the minister of his retributive justice. It was God's right hand that gained Israel the victory, Ps.
Judges 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left handed; …
1 Chronicles 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and …
sent a present
1 Samuel 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And …
Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend …
Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Isaiah 36:16 Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an …
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.
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
a very fat
Judges 3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, …
1 Samuel 2:29 Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded …
Job 15:27 Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes bulges of …
Psalm 73:7,19 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish…
Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the …
Jeremiah 50:11 Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of …
Ezekiel 34:20 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will …
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
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.
quarries. or graven images
Joshua 4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua …
a secret
Judges 3:20 And Ehud came to him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which …
2 Kings 9:5,6 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; …
Acts 23:18,19 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul …
and all that
Genesis 45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood …
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.
a summer parlour. Heb. a parlour of cooling. The aleeyah, or upper chamber, seems to have been of the same description as the odeah of the Arabs, but properly ventilated, described by Dr. Shaw, who says, that to most of their houses there is a smaller one annexed, which sometimes rises one story higher than the house; at other times, it consists of one or two rooms only, and a terrace; while others that are built, as they frequently are, over the porch or gateway, have, if we except the ground floor, which they want, all the conveniences that belong to the house itself. There is a door of communication from them into the gallery of the house; besides another, which opens immediately from a private staircase, down into the porch or street, without giving the least disturbance to the house. In these back houses strangers are usually lodged and entertained; and to them likewise the men are wont to retire from the noise and hurry of their families, to be more at leisure for mediation or diversions.
Amos 3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the …
I have
Judges 3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, …
2 Samuel 12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to …
2 Samuel 24:12 Go and say to David, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things; …
Micah 6:9 The LORD's voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see …
he arose
Psalm 29:1 Give to the LORD, O you mighty, give to the LORD glory and strength.
Jeremiah 10:7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you does it appertain: …
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
thrust it
Numbers 25:7,8 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, …
1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword has made women childless, so shall …
Job 20:25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword …
Zechariah 13:3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then …
2 Corinthians 5:16 Why from now on know we no man after the flesh: yes, though we have …
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.
the dirt came out. or, it came out at the fundament.
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
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.
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.
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
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.
he blew
Judges 5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after you, …
Judges 6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; …
1 Samuel 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, …
2 Samuel 20:22 Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut …
2 Kings 9:13 Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under …
mountain
Judges 7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, …
Judges 17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Judges 19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel…
Joshua 17:15,18 And Joshua answered them, If you be a great people, then get you …
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.
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.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
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.
Shamgar
Judges 5:6,8 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the …
an ox goad. This implement, Mr. Maundrell informs us, in Palestine and Syria is of an extraordinary size. He measured several, and 'found them about eight feet long; and at the bigger end about six inches in circumference. They were armed at the lesser end with a sharp prickle for driving the oxen; and at the other end with a small paddle of iron, strong and massive, for cleansing the plough from the clay. In the hand of a powerful man such an instrument must be more dangerous and fatal than a sword.
Judges 15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an donkey, and put forth his hand, …
1 Samuel 13:19-22 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for …
1 Samuel 17:47,50 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword …
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not …
also
Judges 2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out …
Israel. So part is called Israel,
Judges 4:1,3 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, …
Judges 10:7,17 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them …
Judges 11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon …
1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against …
It seems to concern only the country next to the Philistines.
