The Bible, King James version, Book 7: JudgesAnonymous
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The Bible, King James version, Book 7: Judges
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Bible. Judges
07:003:019 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.
07:003:020 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.
07:003:021 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
07:003:022 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.
07:003:023 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of
the parlour upon him, and locked them.
07:003:024 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.
07:003:025 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.
07:003:026 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
07:003:027 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.
07:003:028 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.
07:003:029 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.
07:003:030 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the
land had rest fourscore years.
07:003:031 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.
07:004:001 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the
LORD, when Ehud was dead.
07:004:002 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan,
that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera,
which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
07:004:003 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had
nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily
oppressed the children of Israel.
07:004:004 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged
Israel at that time.
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