Gen. 6. 6. Deut. 32. 36. Ps. 10. 45. Jer. 18. 8 Ex. 2. 24 Cp. ch. 3. & 6. 5. 12 & 4.1 I ver. 14. Deut. 17.2. Josh. 23. 14. a ver. 3. Josh. 23. 13. eh. 3.1.4. E Cp. Deut. & 13. 3. p ver. 4. ch. 2. 21, 22. 13. 2-6. r ver. 1. m for it repented the LORD because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 But it came to pass, *when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21" I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. IP Now these are the nations 3 which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereq See Josh. of; 3 namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were for 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. 5 And the children of Israel dwelt among P. 10. 25. 2 the Canaanites; the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 6' and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. • Ex. 3. 8. Cp. Gen. 15. 20, 21 & Ex. 13. 5 & Ezra 9. 1, al. Cp. Ex. 4.16 & Deut. 7.3 & Ezra 9. 12. *ch. 2. 1112 reh. 6. 25. Ex. 34. 13. Deut. 16. 21, al 7" And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served the Baalim and "the Asheroth. 8 Therefore the an ger of the LORD was kindled against 3 w ch. 4. 3 Israel, and he sold them into the wch. 2. 14. 10, al. ver. 15. ch. 2. 16. Neh. 9. 27. a ch. 1. 13. ch.6.34 11 29 & 14.6, 19 & 13. 25 & 15. 14. II And the land e Cp. ver. 30 had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. & ch. 5. 31 12.9. 12d And the children of Israel dch. 2. 19. again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king e1 Sam. of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and fch. 5. 14 & 6, 33. smote Israel, and they possessed Ps. 83. 7. gch. 1. 16. Deut. 34. 3. the city of palm trees. 14 And 1 Heb. they let nothing fall of their doings. 2 Or, the Canaanites, the Hittites &c. 3 Heb. Aram- Cp. Josh. 4.20. 15. 7 Cp. 2 Sam. 20.9, 10. m Cp. 2 Sam. 13. 17, 18. n 1 Sam. 24. 3. left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 22 and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and 1it came out behind. 23 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, mand locked them. 24 Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked; and they said, "Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took the key, and opened them and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the 2 quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, See Josh. and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them. 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 against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valour; and there escaped not a man. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. o ver. 19. p ch. 6. 34. 1 Sam. 13. 3. 24. 33. rch. 4. 7, 14 & 7. 9, 15. 1 Sam. 17. 47. 2 Chr. 16. 8. Cp. 1 Kin. 22. 12, 15. s ch. 12. 5. Josh. 2. 7. Cp. ch. 7. 24. t ver. 11. u ch. 5. 6. 31 And after him was "Shamgar the son of Anath, which smote of the Philistines six hundred men Cp.ch.5.8 with an ox goad: and he also saved Israel. v & 1 Sam. 13. 19, 22. w See ch. 2. 16. * See ch. 2. 19. 1* And the children of Israel 4 again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin Cp. Josh. king of Canaan, that reigned in * Hazor; the captain of whose host was a Sisera, which dwelt in Harob ver. 13, 16. sheth of the Gentiles. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred 11. 1, 10. a 1 Sam. 12.9. Ps. 83. 9. c See ch.3.9. d ver. 13. Cp. ch. 1. 19. 23 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill country of Ephraim: See Josh. and the children of Israel came up to her for judgement. 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ch. 8. 18. ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? 7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of See ch. 2. a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 And Barak called 'Zebulun and ch. 5. 18. Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. II Now Heber m the m ch. 1. 16. Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of "Hobab the "brother in law n Num. 10. of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the 8 oak in Zaanannim, o Josh. 19. which is by Kedesh. 12 And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. 13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even P nine p ver. 3. hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, unto the river Kishon. 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: "is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the 4 1 Or, he went out into the antechamber 2 Or, graven images 3 Or, toward Moab 4 Or, nations 5 Or, sat 6 Heb. Kain. See Num. 24. 22. 7 Or, father in law 8 Or, terebinth tch. 5. 25. #ch. 5. 26 (mg.). v ver. 15. * Cp. Ex. 15.1. z ver. 9. LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera lighted down from his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the 1 Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left. 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. Ånd he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a "tent-pin, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was 2in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples. 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. 1Then sang Deborah and 5 Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye the LORD. 1 Or, nations 2 Or, in a deep sleep and weary; so he died 3 Or, quaked 4 Or, the caravans ceased 5 Heb. crooked ways. 6 Or, The villages were unoccupied 7 Or, Ye that offered yourselves 8 Or, Because of the voice of the archers... there let them rehearse willingly among the people, bless &c. 9 Or, toward his villages Eph. 4. 8. of Machir came down And out of Zebulun they that 15 And the princes of Issachar As was Issachar, so was P Ba rak; She brought him butter in a Into the valley they rushed forth 26 She put her hand to the 10 nail, e ch. 4. 21. at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben 16 Why satest thou among the To hear the pipings for the At the watercourses of Reuben 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: 27 And her right hand to the work- And with the hammer she smote Yea, she pierced and struck At her feet he bowed, he fell, he At her feet he bowed, he fell: *And Dan, why did he remain 28 Through the window she looked Cp.28am. in ships? 23. 29, 30. 20 They fought from heaven, 2 Chr. 35. 22. y Cp.ver.30. z Josh. 10. 11. a ch. 4. 7. The stars in their courses fought a 21 The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river O my soul, 8 march on with 22 Then did the horsehoofs stamp But let them that love him be 1 Or, Then made he a remnant to kare dominion over the nobles and the people; the LORD made me have (or, among) the mighty 3 Or, among 7 Or, shore 12 Heb. steps. 6 Or, m & 37. 6. I See ch. 3.11. 7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian, 8 that the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel: and he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God 1 Sam. 10. of Israel, "I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of P. 44. 2,3. a hat oppressed you, and "drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 and I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; "ye See 2 Kin. shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not hearkened unto my voice. w Josh. 24. 13. 17.35-38. zeb. 8. 2. II And the angel of the LORD came, and sat under the 1oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son feb. 11. Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, "The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? z eh. 13. 3. Luke L. 11. Cp. Acts 10.3. a Josh. I. 5. Ps. 89. 49. Isai. 63. 15. c Ps. 44. 1. di Sam. 12. Cp. Josh. 11. 1.9. e Cp. Ex. 3. 1 Sam. 9. 21 & 18. 18. g Cp. Mic. 5. h Ex. 3. 12. 2 (for mg.). Josh. 1.5. i Ex. 33. 13. 4.1-8. Gen. 18. 1 Gen. 18. 6-8. and where be all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. 14 And the LORD 2looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, e Oh Lord, where with shall I save Israel? behold, my 3 family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. 16 And the LORD said unto him, "Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 17 And he said unto him, 'If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign 8,9 that it is thou that talkest with me. 18* Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 And Gideon went in, 'and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and "pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out Lev. 9. 24. of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. 22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face. 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar 19. there unto the LORD, and called it 5 Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 25 And it came to pass the same s ver. 11. night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's bullock, even the second bullock of seven years 1 Or, terebinth 2 Or, turned towards 3 Heb. thousand. LORD is peace. 6 Or, and 4 Or, offering 5 That is, The |