Monday, April 15, 2024

Judges 4

 And the children of God Prevails (Israel) again did evil in the sight of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), when United (Ehud) was dead.

2 So I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) sold them into the hand of Whom God Observes (Jabin) king of Humbled One (Canaan), that reigned in Castle (Hazor); the captain of whose host was Battle Array (Sisera), which dwelt in Woodland (Harosheth) of the Gentiles.

3 Again, the children of God Prevails (Israel) cried to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and for twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of God Prevails (Israel).

4 Bee (Deborah), a prophetess, the wife of Torches (Lapidoth) judged God Prevails (Israel) at that time.

5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Bee (Deborah) between The Height (Ramah) and The House of God (Bethel) in Mount Double Ash-Heap: Doubly Fruitful (Ephraim): and the children of God Prevails (Israel) came up to her for judgment.

6 She sent and called Lightning Flash (Barak) the son of My Father is Delight (Abinoam) out of Holy Place of Wrestling (Kedeshnaphtali), and said to him: Hasn’t I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) God of God Prevails (Israel) commanded, saying: Go and draw toward Mount Mound (Tabor), and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Wrestling (Naphtali) and of the children of Exalted (Zebulun)?

7 And I will draw to you to the river Winding (Kishon) Battle Array (Sisera), the captain of Whom God Observes’ (Jabin) army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.

8 But Lightning Flash (Barak) said to her: If you will go with me, then I will go: but if you will not go with me, then I will not go.

9 She answered: I will go with you; however, the journey you take shall not be for your honor; for I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) shall sell Battle Array (Sisera) into a woman's hand. So, Bee (Deborah) arose and went with Lightning Flash (Barak) to Holy Place (Kedesh).

10 So Lightning Flash (Barak) called Exalted (Zebulun) and Wrestling (Naphtali) to Holy Place (Kedesh), and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Bee (Deborah) went up with him.

11 Now Comrade (Heber) the Smith (Kenite), who was of the children of Cherished (Hobab) the father-in-law of Drawn (Moses), had severed himself from the Smiths (Kenite) and pitched his tent to the plain of Removings (Zaanannim), which is by Holy Place (Kedesh).

12 Battle Array (Sisera) was informed that Lightning Flash (Barak) the son of My Father is Delight (Abinoam) was at Mount Mound (Tabor).

13 So Battle Array (Sisera) gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Woodland (Harosheth) of the Gentiles to the river of Winding (Kishon).

14 Then Bee (Deborah) said to Lightning Flash (Barak): Up; for this is the day in which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has delivered Battle Array (Sisera) into your hand: has not I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) gone out before you? So, Lightning Flash (Barak) went down from Mount Mound (Tabor), and ten thousand men after him.

15 And I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) discomfited Battle Array (Sisera), and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Lightning Flash (Barak); so that Battle Array (Sisera) lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

16 But Lightning Flash (Barak) pursued after the chariots, and after the host, to Woodland (Harosheth) of the Gentiles: and all the host of Battle Array (Sisera) fell on the edge of the sword, and there was not a man left.

17 Howbeit Battle Array (Sisera) fled away on his feet to the tent of Mountain Goat (Jael) the wife of Comrade (Heber) the Smith (Kenite): for there was peace between Whom God Observes (Jabin) the king of Castle (Hazor) and the house of Comrade (Heber) the Smith (Kenite).

18 Mountain Goat (Jael) went out to meet Battle Array (Sisera), and said to him; Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he came into her tent, she covered him with a mantle.

19 He said to her: Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

20 Then he said to her: Stand in the door of the tent, if anyone comes and enquires of you, saying, “Is there any man here?” Tell them, “No.”

21 Then Mountain Goat (Jael) Comrade (Heber)'s wife took a nail of the tent,  took a hammer in her hand, went softly to him, and drove the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

22 Then as Lightning Flash (Barak) pursued Battle Array (Sisera), Mountain Goat (Jael) came out to meet him and said to him: Come, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. When he came into her tent, behold, Battle Array (Sisera) lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.

23 So God subdued Whom God Observes (Jabin) the king of Humbled One (Canaan) on that day before the children of God Prevails (Israel).

24 And the hand of the children of God Prevails (Israel) prospered, and prevailed against Whom God Observes (Jabin) the king of Humbled One (Canaan) until they had destroyed Whom God Observes (Jabin) king of Humbled One (Canaan).

Friday, April 5, 2024

Judges 3

1 Now these are the nations which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) left, to prove God Prevails (Israel) by them since many of God Prevails (Israel) as had not experienced all the wars of Humbled One (Canaan);

2 But that the generations of the children of God Prevails (Israel) might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

3 Namely, five lords of the Immigrants (Philistines), all the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), the Warriors (Sihonians), and the Villagers (Hivites) that dwelt in Mount Whiteness (Lebanon), from the Sanctuary Mountain of Great High Place (BaalHermon) to the entrance of Fortress (Hamath).

4 And they were to prove God Prevails (Israel) by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), which He commanded their fathers by the hand of Drawn (Moses).

5 So the children of God Prevails (Israel) dwelt among the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), Terrors (Hittite), The Talkers, Sayers (Amorite), Those Belonging to a Village (Perizzites), the Villagers (Hivites), and those Trodden Underfoot (Jebusites):

6 Then they took their daughters to be their wives and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7 In this, the children of God Prevails (Israel) did evil in the sight of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), and forgot I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) their God ('Elohiym), and served the Great High Places (Baalim) and the groves.

8 Therefore the anger of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) was hot against God Prevails (Israel), and he sold them into the hand of Twice Wicked Blackness (Chushanrishasaim) king of Land of the Two Rivers (Mesopotamia): and the children of God Prevails (Israel) served Twice Wicked Blackness (Chushanrishasaim) eight years.

9 When the children of God Prevails (Israel) cried to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) raised up a deliverer for the children of God Prevails (Israel), who delivered them, Lion of God (Othniel) the son of Hunter (Kenaz), Dog’s (Caleb) younger brother.

10 When the Spirit of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) came on him, he judged God Prevails (Israel), and went out to war: and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) delivered Twice Wicked Blackness (Chushanrishasaim) king of Land of the Two Rivers (Mesopotamia) into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Twice Wicked Blackness (Chushanrishasaim).

11 And the land had rest forty years. Then Lion of God (Othniel) the son of Hunter (Kenaz) died.

12 Once again the children of God Prevails (Israel) did evil again in the sight of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): so, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) strengthened Calf-Like (Eglon) the king of Of His Father (Moab) against God Prevails (Israel), because they had done evil in the sight of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

13 He gathered the children of Tribal (Ammon) and Licker (Amalek), and went and smote God Prevails (Israel), and possessed the city of Palm Trees (Tamar).

14 So the children of God Prevails (Israel) served Calf-Like (Eglon) the king of Of His Father (Moab) eighteen years.

15 But when the children of God Prevails (Israel) cried to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) raised up a deliverer for them, United (Ehud) the son of A Grain (Gera), a Son of the Right Hand (Benjamite), a lefthanded man: and by him the children of God Prevails (Israel) sent a present to Calf-Like (Eglon) the king of Of His Father (Moab).

16 But United (Ehud) made a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he hid it under his clothing on his right thigh.

17 He brought the present to Calf-Like (Eglon) king of Of His Father (Moab): and Calf-Like (Eglon) was a very fat man.

18 When he came near to offer the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.

19 But he turned again from the quarries that were by Rolling Wheel (Gilgal) and said: I have a secret message for you, O king: who said: Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

20 Then United (Ehud) came to him; he was sitting in a summer roof chamber, which he had for himself alone. United (Ehud) said: I have a message from God ('Elohiym) for you. He then rose out of his seat.

21 And United (Ehud) put forth his left hand, took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

22 The handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly, and feces came out.

23 Then United (Ehud) went out through the porch and shut the doors of the chamber on him, and locked them.

 24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely, he covers his feet (is using the bathroom) in his summer chamber.

25 So they waited a long time, but he didn’t open the doors of the parlor; finally, they took a key, opened them, and found their lord fallen dead on the earth.

26 United (Ehud) escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to The Shaggy (Seirath).

27 When he got there, he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Double Ash-Heap: Doubly Fruitful (Ephraim), and the children of God Prevails (Israel) went down with him from the mount, with United (Ehud) before them.

28 And he said to them: Follow after me: for I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has delivered your enemies the Of His Fathers (Moabites) into your hand. So they went down after him and took the fords of The Descender (Jordan) toward Of His Father (Moab), and did not allow a man to pass over.

29 So they slew of Of His Father (Moab) at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor; and not one man escaped.

30 So Of His Father (Moab) was subdued that day under the hand of God Prevails (Israel). And the land had rest for eighty years.

31 After him was Sword (Shamgar) the son of Answer (Anath), who slew of the Immigrants (Philistines) six hundred men with an ox goad: he also delivered God Prevails (Israel).