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Judges 3
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| 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;
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 (3:1-5)
"These are the nations which the LORD left ... the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites,
and Hivites, and Jebusites."
God promised many times that he would drive out all the inhabitants of the lands they encountered. But these verses show that God failed to keep
his promise since he was unable to drive out the Canaanites.
Exodus 33:2
Deuteronomy 7:1, 7:24, 9:4-6, 31:3-7
Joshua 1:1-5, 3:10, 17:17-18, 21:43-45
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 3:5
And the children of
Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites,
and Hivites, and Jebusites: |
 God sells Israelites into slavery
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| 3:6
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters
to their sons, and served their gods.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
 (3:8)
"The anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them."
Again -- See Judges 2:14, 4:2, 6:1, and
10:7.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
 (3:10)
"The Spirit of the Lord came upon him ... and he went to war."
The spirit of the Lord comes upon Othniel and causes him to go to war. This is the same spirit that is said to bring joy, peace, and
gentleness (Galatians 5:22-23).
God's 42nd Killing
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| 3:11
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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| 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. |
(3:12-14) "The children of Israel did evil
again in the sight of the LORD: and
the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel ...
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years."
 10,000 Moabites killed
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| 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.
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| 3:14
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 3:17
And he brought the
present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. |
 (3:15-22)
"And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee."
Ehud delivers a "message from God" to the king of Moab. God's message consists of a knife thrust so deeply into the king's belly that it could not be
extracted, "and the dirt came out." Just another lovely Bible story.
God's 43rd Killing
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| 3:18
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people
that bare the present.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 3:21
And Ehud put forth
his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into
his belly: |
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| 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. |
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| 3:23
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour
upon him, and locked them. |
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| 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. |
(3:24)
"Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber."
"Covering his feet" is a biblical euphemism for "going to the bathroom."
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| 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. |
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| 3:26
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and
escaped unto Seirath. |
(2:28-29)
"The LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand."
God "delivers" 10,000 more into the hands of his chosen people. "And they slew
of Moab ... about 10,000 men ... and their escaped not a man."
How should the Moabites be treated?
God's 44th Killing
 600 Philistines killed
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 3:30
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had
rest fourscore years.
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| 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.. |
(3:31)
"Shamgar ... slew ... six hundred men with an ox goad."
God's 45th Killing
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