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Judges 3:3 (KJV)
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.
Judges 3:4 (NASB) [SUP]4 [/SUP] They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.
[FONT="]Judges 3:5
"The Israelites lived[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] Hivites and Jebusites."[/FONT]
"The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="]; they forgot the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs."[/FONT]
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.
Judges 3:9 (NASB) [SUP]9 [/SUP] When the sons of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Judges 3:10 (KJV)
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.
"Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="],[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] and because they did this evil the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="] gave Eglon king of Moab [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]power over Israel."[/FONT]
Judges 3:13 (NASB) [SUP]13 [/SUP] And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees.
"Again the Israelites cried out to the [/FONT][FONT="]Lord[/FONT][FONT="], and he gave them a deliverer[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]—Ehud[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="], a left-handed[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] to Eglon king of Moab."[/FONT]
Judges 3:19 (KJV)
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.
"Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] from his seat,"[/FONT]