Jerufalem and Hebron taken. Chap. й. fought against Jerufalem, and had taken it, and fmitten it with the edge of the fword, and fet the city on fire.

The Canaanites put to tribute. 218 Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will fhew thee mercy, 25 And when he fhewed them the en. 9 And afterward the children of Judah trance into the city, they fmote the city went down to fight again't the Canaan-with the edge of the fword; but they let ites that dwelt in the mountain, and in go the man and all his family. the fouth, and in the valley.

26. And the man went into the land of

10 And Judah went against the Ca-the Hittites, and built a city, and called naanites that dwelt in Hebron : (now the the name thereof Luz: which is the name name of Hebron before was Kirjathar- thereof unto this day. ba) and they flew Shefhai, and Ahiman, and Talmaí.

11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjaithfepher.

12 And Caleb faid, He that fmiteth Kirjaithfepher, and taketh it, to him will Igive Achlah my daughter to wife.

27 Neither did Manaffeh drive out the inhabitants of Beththean 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.

28 And it came to pafs, when Ifracl was ftrong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

13 And Othniel the fon of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achfah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pals, when the came to him, that he moved him to afk of 29 Neither did Ephraim_drive out her father a field and the lighted from the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but off ber afs and Caleb faid unto her, the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among What wilt thou?

them.

15 And the faid unto him, Give me a 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the blefling; for thou haft given me a fouth inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants land; give me alfo fprings of water. And of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt Caleb gave her the upper fprings, and among them, and became tributaries. the nether springs.

16 And the children of the Kenite, Mofes's father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah,which lieth in the fouth of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they flew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

18 Alfo Judah took Gaza with the coaft thereof, and Aikelon with the coaft thereof, and Ekron with the coaft thereof

31 Neither did Aiher 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 Aherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

38 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethfhemeh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; neverthelefs, the inhabitants of Beththemeth- and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

54 And the Amorites forced the chil19 And the LORD was with Judah; 'dren of Dan into the mountains for they and he drave out the inhabitants of the would not fuffer them to come down to mountain; but could not drive out the the valley:

inhabitants of the valley, becaufe they 35 But the Amorites would dwell in had chariots of iron. 'mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the houfe of Jofeph prevailed, to that they became trib

29 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Mofes faid: and he expelled thence the three fons of Anak.

utaries.

21 And the children of Benjamin did 86 And the coaft of the Amorites was not drive out the Jebufites that inhabited from the going up to Akrabbim, from Jerufalem; but the Jebufites dweil with the rock, and upward. the children of Benjamin in Jerufalem unto this day.

22 And the houfe of Jofeph, they alfo went up against Bethel and the LORD

was with them.

23 And the houfe of Jofeph fent to defcry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

24 And the fpies faw a man come forth out of the city, and they laid unto him,

CHAP. 11.

1 An angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua. 14, 20 Their punishment. AND an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. and faid, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which i tware unto your fathers; and I fard, I will nev er break my covenant with you.

And

The Ifraelites wickedness, &c. JUDGES.

Their obftinate idolatry.

2 And ye shall make no league with the out of the way which their fathers walked inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw in, obeying the commandments of the down their altars: but ye have not obey- LORD: but they did not fo. ed my voice: Why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they fhall be as thorns in your fides, and their gods fhall be a fnare unto you.

4 And it came to pafs, when the angel of the LoaD fpake thefe words unto all the children of Ifrael, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

5 And they called the name of that plate Bochim: and they facrificed there unto the LORD.

6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Ifrael went every mau unto his inheritance to poffefs the land. 7 And the people ferved the LORD all the days of Jofhua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had feen all the great works of the LORD, which he did for Ifrael.

8 And Joshua the fun of Nun, the fervant of the LORD, died,being an hundred and ten years old.

18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the Judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge forit repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppreffed them and vexed them.

19 And it came to pafs, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and cor. rupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to ferve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceafed not from their own doings, nor from their ftubborn way.

. 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot againft Ifrael; and he faid, Becaufe that this people hath tranfgreffed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice

21 I alfo will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Jefhua left when he died :

22 That through them I may prove If, 9 And they buried him in the border rael, whether they will keep the way of of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers the mount of Ephraim, on the north fide did keep it, or not. of the hill Gaath.

10 And alfo all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arofe another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Ifrael.

11 And the children of Ifrael did evil in the fight of the LORD, and ferved Baalim :

23 Therefore the LORD left thofe nations, without driving them out haftily: neither delivered he them into the hand of Joua.

CHAP. III.

1 The nations left to prove Ifrael. 5 By communionwiththem they commit idola! try. 8 Of Othniel, 12 Ebud, S1Shamgar. NOW thefe are the nations which the 12 And they forfook the LORD God LORD left, to prove Ifrael by them, even of their fathers which brought them out as many of Ifrael as had not known all of the land of Egypt, and followed other the wars of Canaan :

gods, of the gods of the people that were) 2 Only that the generations of the chil round about them, and bowed them-dren of Ifrael might know, to teach them felves unto them, and provoked the LORD war, at the leaft fuch as before knew nothing thereof;

to anger.

13 And they forfook the LORD, and ferved Baal and Ashtaroth.

3 Namely, five lords of the Philiftines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, 14 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebhot against Ifrael, and he delivered them anon, from mount Baalhermon unto into the hands of fpoilers that spoiled the entering in of Hamath. them, and he fold them into the hands! And they were to prove Ifrael by of their enemies round about, fo that them, to know whether they would hearkthey could not any longer ftand before en unto the commandments of the LORD, their enemies. which he commanded their fathers by the

15 Whitherfoever they went out, the hand of Moles. hand of the LORD was against them for 5 And the children of Ifrael dwelt evil, as the LORD had faid, and as the among the Canaanites, Hittites, and AmLORD had fworn unto them; and they orites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and were greatly diftreffed.

16 Nevertheless, the LORD raifed up! judges, which delivered them out of the hand of thofe that fpoiled them.

Jebusites:

6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their fons, and ferved their gods.

17 And yet they would not hearken 7 And the children of Ifrael did evil unto their judges, but they went a whor- in the light of the LORD, and forgat the ing after other gods, and bowed them- LORD their God, and ferved Baalim and felves unt them: they turned quickly the groves,

8 ¶ Therefore

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Therefore the anger of the LORDI vants came; and when they law that, be as hot againft Ifrael, and he fold them hold, the doors of the parlour were locks into the hand of Chufhanrifliathaim, kinged, they faid, Surely he covereth his feet of Mefopotamia: and the children of In his fummer chamber.

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el fervedChushanrifhathaim eightyears. 25 And they tarried till they were 9 And when the children of Ifrael cried afhamed: and, behold he opened not the unto the LORD, the LORD raifed up a doors of the parlour; therefore they took deliverer to the children of Ifrael, who key, and opened them: and, behold, their delivered them, even Othaiel the fon of lord was fallen down dead on the earth. Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 26 And Ehud efcaped while they tarri ed, and paffed beyond the quarries, and efcaped unto Seirath

10 And the fpirit of the LORD came upon him and he judged Ifrael, and went oat to war: and the LORD delivered Chuthanrifhathaim king of Mefopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed againft Chuhanrithathaim.

11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the fon of Kenas died.

12 And the children of Ifrael did evil again in the fight of the LORD: and the LORD ftrengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Ifrael, because they had done evil in the fight of the LORD.

13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and fmote Ifrael, and poffeffed the city of palm trees.

14 So the children of Ifrael ferved Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

15 But when the children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the fon of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Ifrael fent a prefent 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 prefent unto Bglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

18 And when he had made an end to offer the prefent, he fent away the people that bare the present.

27 And it came to pafs, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Ifrael went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

28 And he faid 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 fuffered not a man to pass over.

29' And they flew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a

Deborah and Barak deliver Ifrael from Fabin and Sifera. 18 Sifera killed. AND the children of Ifrael again did evil in the fight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

2 And the LORD fold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whofe holt was Sifera, which dwelt in Harotheth of the Gentiles.

19 But he himself turned again from S. And the children of Ifrael cried unto the quatries that were by Gilgal, and the LORD: for he had nine hundred charfaid, I have a fecret errand unto thee, Olots of iron and twenty years he mightking: who faid, Keep filence. And all ily oppreffed the children of Ifrael. that stood by him went out from him.

20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was fitting in a fummer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud faid, I have a meffage from God unto thee. And he arofe out of his feat.

24 And Ehid put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thraft it into his belly:

22 And the haft alio went in after the blade, and the fat clofed upon the blade, fo 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 fhut the doors of the parlour hon him, and locked them.

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4 And Deborah. a prophetefs, the wife of Lapidoth, he judged Ifrael at that time.

5 And the dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of I rael came up to her for judgment.

6 And the fent and called Barak the fon of Abinoam, out of Kedeh naphtali, and faid unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Ifrael 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 ?

7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kithon, Sifera, the captain of Jabin's 24 When he was gone out, his fer.army, with his chariots and his mul

titude;

JUDGES. The fong of Deborah and Barák.

titude; and I will deliver him into thine fmote the nail into his temples, and fafthand.

fened it into the ground: for he was fag afleep and weary. So he died.

22 And, behold, as Barak purfued Sif era, Jael came out to meet him, and faid unto him, Come, and I will thew thee the man whom thou feekeft. And when he came into her tent,behold, Sifera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

23 So God fubdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Ifrael.

24 And the hand of the children of Ifand Debo-rael profpered and prevailed againft Ja. bin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. CHAP. V.

LORD,when thou wenteft out of Seir, 14 And Deborah faid unto Barak Up; when thou marchedft out of the field of for this is the day in which the LORD Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavhath delivered Sifera into thine hand: Islens, dropped, the clouds alfo dropped not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

16 But Barak purfued after the chari- The inhabitants of the villages ceased, ots,and after the hoft, unto Haroheth of they ceafed in Ifrael, until that I Debo the Gentiles and all the hot of Siferarah arofe, that I arofe a mother in Ifrael, fell upon the edge of the fword; and 8 They chofe new gods; then was war, there was not a man left. in the gates: Was there a field or spear feen among forty thoufand in Ifrael

The fong of Dabirah and Barak. Chap. vi.

CHAP. VÍ.

them against Amalek; after thee, Benja- the fun when he goeth forth in his might. Ifrael opprefed by Midian. 217 min, among thy people; out of Machir And the land had reft forty years. came down governors, and out of ZebuFun they that handle the pen of the writer.1 15 And the princes of Iffachar were with Deborah; even Ifachar, and alfo Barak he was fent on foot into the yalFey. For the divifions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

The Ifraelites for their fin are oppressed by Midian. A prophet rebuketh them. 11 Gideon delivereth them.

the fight of the LORD and the LORD AND the children of Ifrael did evil in delivered them into the hand of Midian

2 And the hand of Midian prevailed

16 Why abodeft thou among the fheep-feven years. folds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divifions of Reuben there were againft Ifrael and because of the Midigreat fearchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan and the dens which are in the mountains, and anites the children of Ifrael made them Why did Dan remain in hips? Afher caves, and strong holds. continued on the fea fhore, and abode in his breaches.

3 And Jo it was, when Ifrael had fown, 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a peo-Amalekites, and the children of the eaft, that the Midianites came up, and the ple that jeoparded their lives, unto the feven they came up against them; 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.

and deftroyed the increase of the earth, And they encamped against them, till thou come unto Gaza, and left nó fuffenance for Ifrael, neither sheep, nor Lox, nor afs.

20 They fought from heaven; the ftars in their courfes fought against Sifera. 5 For they came up with their cattle 21 The river of Kihon fwept them a-hoppers for multitude: for both they and and their tents, and they came as grafsway, that ancient river, the river Kihon. their camels were without number: and O my foul, thou haft trodden down they entered into the land to destroy it. ftrength. 22 Then were the harfehoofs broken because of the Midianites; and the chil6 And Ifrael was greatly impoverished by the means of the prancings, the pranc-dren of Ifrael cried unto the LORD. gs of their mighty ones. 2s Carfe ye Meroz, faid the angel of children of Ifrael cried unto the LORD 7 And it came to pafs, when the the LORD, curfe ye bitterly the inhabit-because of the Midianites, ants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

24 Bleffed above women fhall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, bleifed fhall The be above women in the tent.

25 He asked water, and the gavehim milk, be brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and with the hammer the fmote Sifera, the fmote off his head, when he had pierced and ftricken through his temples.

27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The mother of Sifera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his his chariot fe long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 69 Her wife ladies anfwered her, yea, The returned answer to herself,

30 Have they not fped? Have they nor divided the prey; to every man a damfel or two: to Sifera a prey of divers colours, aprey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both fides, meet for the necks of them that take the fpoil?

31 So let all thine enemies perish, O CORD: but le: then that love him be as

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the children of Ifrael, which faid unto 8 That the LORD font a prophet unto rael, I brought you up from Egypt, and them, Thus faith the LORD God of If brought you forth out of the houfe of bondage:

the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all
9 And I delivered you out of the hand of
that oppreffed you, and drave them out
from before you, and gave you their land

LORD your God; fear not the gods of
10 And I faid unto you, I am the
but ye have not obeyed my voice.
the Amorites, in whofe land dwell
ye

LORD, and fat under an oak which was
11 ¶ And there came an angel of the
in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the
Abiezrite and his fon Gideon threshed
wheat by the wine prefs, to hide it from
the Midianites.

12 And the angel of the LORD appeared is with thee, thou mighty manof valour. unto him, and faid unto him, The LORD

LORD, if the LORD be with us, Why then 13 And Gideon faid unto him, O my is all this befallen us and, Where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, faying, Did not the LORD bring us up forfaken us, and delivered us into the from Egypt? But now the LORD hath hands of the Midianites.