| 章節 | KJV經文 |
| 3:1 | 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; |
| 3:2 | Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; |
| 3:3 | 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. |
| 3:4 | 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. |
| 3:5 | And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: |
| 3:6 | And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. |
| 3:7 | 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. |
| 3:8 | 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. Mesopotamia: Heb. Aramnaharaim |
| 3:9 | 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. deliverer: Heb. saviour |
| 3:10 | 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. came: Heb. was Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram |
| 3:11 | And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. |
| 3:12 | 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. |
| 3:13 | And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. |
| 3:14 | So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. |
| 3:15 | But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand |
| 3:16 | 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. |
| 3:17 | And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. |
| 3:18 | And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. |
| 3:19 | 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 |
| 3:20 | 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. a summer...: Heb. a parlour of cooling |
| 3:21 | And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: |
| 3:22 | 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. the dirt...: or, it came out at the buttocks |
| 3:23 | Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. |
| 3:24 | 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 covereth his feet in his summer chamber. covereth...: or, doeth his easement |
| 3:25 | 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. |
| 3:26 | And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. |
| 3:27 | 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. |
| 3:28 | 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. |
| 3:29 | 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. lusty: Heb. fat |
| 3:30 | So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. |
| 3:31 | 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. |