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).

Judges 1

  

1 Now after the death of I AM is Salvation (Joshua) it came to pass, that the children of God Prevails (Israel) asked I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), saying: Who shall go up for us against the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) first, to fight against them?

2 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) answered: Praised (Judah) shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 So Praised (Judah) said to Heard (Simeon) his brother: Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Humbled Ones (Canaanites); and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Heard (Simeon) went with him.

4 Then Praised (Judah) went up; and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) delivered the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) and the Those Belonging to a Village (Perizzites) into their hand: and they slew in Lightning (Bezek) ten thousand men.

5 There they found Lord of Lightning (Adonibezek) in Lightning (Bezek): and they fought against him, and they slew the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) and the Those Belonging to a Village (Perizzites).

6 But Lord of Lightning (Adonibezek) fled. They pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 Then Lord of Lightning (Adonibezek) said: Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God ('Elohiym) has requited me. Then they brought him to Rain of Peace (Jerusalem), and there he died.

8 Now the children of Praised (Judah) had fought against Rain of Peace (Jerusalem), had taken it, smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

9 Afterward the children of Praised (Judah) went down to fight against the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

10 Then Praised (Judah) went against the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) that dwelt in Association (Hebron): (now the name of Association (Hebron) before was City of the Four (Kirjatharba).) There they slew Noble (Sheshai), My Brother is a Gift (Ahiman), and Furrowed (Talmai).

11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Sanctuary (Debir): and the name of Sanctuary (Debir) before was City of the Book (Kirjathsepher):

12 Dog (Caleb) said: He that captures City of the Book (Kirjathsepher), and takes it, to him will I give Anklet (Achsah) my daughter to wife.

13 Lion of God (Othniel) the son of Hunter (Kenaz), Dog (Caleb)'s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Anklet (Achsah) his daughter as wife.

14 When she came to him, she convinced him to ask her father for a field. She lighted from off her ass; and Dog (Caleb) said to her: What do you want?

15 She answered him: Give me a blessing: for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. So, Dog (Caleb) gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

16 Then the children of the Smith (Kenite), Drawn’s (Moses) father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Praised (Judah) into the wilderness of Praised (Judah), which lies in the south of Wild Ass (Arad); and they went and dwelt among the people.

17 Then Praised (Judah) went with Heard (Simeon) his brother, and they slew the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) that inhabited Watch-Tower (Zephas), and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Devotion (Hormah).

18 Also Praised (Judah) took The Strong (Gaza) with the surrounding land, The Fire of Infamy: Weighed (Askelon) with the surrounding land, and Torn Up by the Roots (Ekron) with the surrounding land.

19 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) was with Praised (Judah); and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

20 They gave Association (Hebron) to Dog (Caleb), as Drawn (Moses) said: and he expelled from there the three sons of Neck (Anak).

21 The children of Son of the Right Hand (Benjamin) did not drive out the Trodden Underfoot (Jebusites) that inhabited Rain of Peace (Jerusalem); but the Trodden Underfoot (Jebusites) dwell with the children of Son of the Right Hand (Benjamin) in Rain of Peace (Jerusalem) to this day.

22 Then the house of I AM Will Add (Joseph) went up against The House of God (Bethel): and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) was with them.

23 The house of I AM Will Add (Joseph) sent spies to The House of God (Bethel). (Now the name of the city before was Almond Tree (Luz).)

24 When the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him: Show us, we pray, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy.

25 When he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

26 That man went into the land of the Terrors (Hittite), and built a city, and called the name thereof Almond Tree (Luz): which is the name thereof to this day.

27 Neither did Causing to Forget (Manasseh) drive out the inhabitants of House of Ease (Bethshean) and her towns, nor Sandy (Taanach) and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Generation (Dor) and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Devouring People (Ibleam) and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Place of Crowds (Megiddo) and her towns: but the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) would dwell in that land.

28 So it came to pass, when God Prevails (Israel) was strong, that they put the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

29 Neither did Double Ash-Heap: Doubly Fruitful (Ephraim) drive out the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) that dwelt in Portion (Gezer); but the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) dwelt in Portion (Gezer) among them.

30 Neither did Exalted (Zebulun) drive out the inhabitants of Incense (Kitron), nor the inhabitants of Pasture (Nahalol); but the Humbled Ones (Canaanites) dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

31 Neither did Happy (Asher) drive out the inhabitants of His Straitness (Accho), nor the inhabitants of Hunter/Fisher (Zidon), nor of Fertile Place (Ahlab), nor of Deceit (Achzib), nor of Fertile (Helbah), nor of Enclosure (Aphik), nor of Broad Place (Rehob):

32 But the tribe of Happy (Asherites) dwelt among the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

33 Neither did Wrestling (Naphtali) drive out the inhabitants of House of the Sun (Bethshemesh), nor the inhabitants of House of Anat, Goddess of Warfare and Hunting (Bethanath); but he dwelt among the Humbled Ones (Canaanites), the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless, the inhabitants of House of the Sun (Bethshemesh) and of House of Anat, Goddess of Warfare and Hunting (Bethanath) became tributaries to them.

34 The Talkers, Sayers (Amorite) forced the children of Judge (Dan) into the mountain: for they would not permit them to come down to the valley:

35 But The Talkers, Sayers (Amorite) would dwell in Mount of The Sun (Heres) in Field of Deer (Aijalon), and in Place of Foxes (Shaalbbin): yet the hand of the house of I AM Will Add (Joseph) prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

36 So the border of The Talkers, Sayers (Amorite) went up to Scorpion Pass (Akrabbim), from the rock, and upward.