! Josh. 17. 11, 12, 13. Josh. 16. 10. 1 Kings 9.16. Josh. 19. 15. Josh. 19. 24-30. * Ps. 106. 34, 35. Josh. 19.38. ver. 32. ver. 30. mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. Israel's grievous idolatry. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. CHAPTER II. 1 An angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The Before CHRIST cir. 1425. P Numb. 34.4. Josh. 15. 3. || Or, Maalehakrabbim. 2 And ye shall make no league with 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. m 33¶Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath " became tributaries unto them. senger. a ver. 5. b Gen. 17. 7. c Deut. 7. 2. their Josh. 23. 13. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. i 8 ch. 3. 6. h Exod. 23.33. & 34. 12. Deut. 7. 16. Ps. 106. 36. 5 And they called the name of that place || Bochim: and they sacrificed there That is, there|That Weepers. unto the LORD. 6And when Joshua had let the Josh. 22. 6. & people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. k 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. 24. 28. cir. 1444. Josh. 24.31. +Heb. prolonged days after Joshua. cir. 1426. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the Josh. 24. 29. servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. m 9 And they buried him in the border Josh. 24. 30. 10 And also all that generation were 35 But the Amorites would dwell in Josh. 19. 42. mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim yet the hand of the house of Joseph + prevailed, so that they became tributaries. + Heb. was heavy. 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other n Josh. 19. 50. & 24. 30. Timnathserah. • Exod. 5. 2. 1 Sam. 2. 12. 1 Chron. 28. 9. Jer. 9. 3. & cir. 1406. P Deut. 31. 16. 9 Deut. 6. 14. God's anger and pity. Before CHRIST cir. 1406. Exod. 20. 5. ⚫ ch. 3. 7. & 10. 6. Ps. 106. 36. t ch. 3. 8. Ps. 106. 40, 41, 42. " 2 Kings 17. 20. * ch. 3. 8. & 4. 2. Ps. 44. 12. Isai. 50. 1. y Lev. 26. 37. Josh. 7. 12, 13. Lev. 26. Deut. 28. * ch. 3. 9,10,15. 1 Sam.12.11. Acts 13. 20. + Heb. saved. b Exod. 34.15, 16. Lev. 17. 7. © Josh. 1.5. d See Gen.6.6. Deut. 32. 36. Ps. 106. 44, 45. ch. 3. 12. & 4. 1. & 8. 33. || Or, were corrupt. JUDGES, III. 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which † delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. b 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: d for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and || corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, +Heb. they let and to bow down unto them; +they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. nothing fall of their. Othniel delivereth Israel CHAPTER III. Before CHRIST cir. 1406. a ch. 2. 21, 22. b 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, Josh. 13. 3. and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by ch. 2. 22. them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. d d 5 And the children of Israel dwelt Ps. 106. 35. among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 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. h g 8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he 'sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of † Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. m e Exod. 34.16. Deut. 7. 3. cir. 1406. ch.2 11. 8 ch. 2. 13. h Exod. 34.13. Deut. 16. 21. ch. 6. 25. 9 And when the children of Israel 'cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised ver. 15. & up a † deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even "Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. ch. 4. 3. & 6. 106. 44. & 107. 13, 19. mch. 2. 16. 10 And the Spirit of the LORD † came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went +Heb. saout to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of † Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. 11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. q viour. cir. 1394. n ch. 1. 13. • See Numb. 27. 18. ch. 6. 34. & 11. 29. & 13. 25. & 14. 6, 19. 1 Sam. 11. 6. 2 Chron. 15. 1. + Heb. was. 12 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and Heb. Aram. the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13 And he gathered unto him the chil P ch. 2. 19. cir. 1354. 91 Sam. 12. 9. * Josh. 4. 20. 11 Or, graven images. + Heb. a parlour of cooling: See Amos 3. 15. Or, it came out at the fundament. 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. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered a cir. 1336. 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. 29 And they slew of Moab at that +Heb. fat. time about ten thousand men, all † lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. C 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. d 31 And after him was a Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered f Israel. 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. g CHAPTER IV. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people 1 Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and that bare the present. * b Josh. 2. 7. ch. 12. 5. e ver. 11. d ch. 5. 6, 8. 1 Sam. 13. 19, 22. It seems to concern only the country next to the Philistines. ⚫ 1 Sam. 17. 47, 50. f ch. 2. 16. 8 So part is called Israel. ch. 4. 1, 3, &c. & 10. 7, 17. & 11. 4, &c. 1 Sam. 4. 1. cir. 1316. 19 But he himself turned again from did evil in the sight of the LORD, ch. 2. 19. 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. 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. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger 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, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they Or, doeth his said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. when Ehud was dead. b a 2 And the LORD sold them into the ch. 2. 14. hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the 41 Sam. 12. 9. Gentiles. d 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? m 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, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. Josh. 11. 1, 10. & 19. 36. Ps. 83. 9. It seems to concern only north Israel. ver. 13, 16. f ch. 1. 19. 8 ch. 5. 8. Ps. 106. 42. h Gen. 35. 8. cir. 1296. i Heb. 11. 32. k Josh. 19. 37. 1 Exod. 14. 4. mch. 5. 21. 1 Kings 18. 40. Ps. 83. 9, 10. n ch. 2. 14. 10 And Barak called "Zebulun and cir. 1296. Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. °ch. 5. 18. 1 Kings 20. 9 ch. 1. 16. ver. 6. +Heb. gathered by cry, or, proclamation. Deut. 9. 3. "Ps. 88. 9, 10. See Josh. 10. 10. + Heb. unto one. || Or, rug, or, blanket. * ch. 5. 25. ych. 5. 26. + Heb. put. r Р 11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. 13 And Sisera †gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of 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. u 15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not ta 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. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a || mantle. Χ 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 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and † took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. The song of Before cir. 1296. 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued CHRIST Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin Ps. 18. 47. the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. Deborah and Barak. Before CHRIST cir. 1296. Ps. 68. 18. Y Ps. 49. 14. ch. 3. 27. ⚫ ch. 3. 13. JUDGES, VI. : Israel oppressed by Midian. * lead thy captivity captive, thou son of lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell: Abinoam. where he bowed, there he fell down 13 Then he made him that remaineth† dead. y have dominion over the nobles among the people the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. a 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of b Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that t handle the pen of with the pen, the writer. Numb. 32. 39, 40. + Heb. draw &c. 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great † thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and Josh. 19. 29, why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea | shore, and abode in his breaches. 31. || Or, port. || Or, creeks. 8 ch. 4. 10. +Heb.erposed to reproach. b ch. 4. 16. Ps. 44. 12. See ver. 30. i See Josh. 10. 20 They fought from heaven; the PS. 77. 17,18. stars in their † courses fought against Si * ch. 4. 15. + Heb. paths. 1 ch. 4. 7. || Or, tramplings, or, plungings. ch. 21. 9, 10. Neh. 3. 5. 1 Sam. 17.47. & 18. 17. & 25. 28. ⚫ch. 4. 17. Luke 1. 28. ch. 4. 19. ch. 4. 21. + Heb. she hammered. + Heb. Be tween. 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned † answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; f to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? 1 The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An angel sendeth Gideon for their deliverance. 17 Gideon's present is consumed with fire. 25 Gideon destroyeth Baal's altar, and offereth a sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah-shalom. 28 Joash defendeth his son, and calleth him Jerubbaal. 33 Gideon's army. 36 Gideon's signs. a AND the children of Israel did evil b in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian † prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. с 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and d the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; f 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither || sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grashoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel" cried unto the LORD. 7¶ And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, 8 That the LORD sent † a prophet Heb. a man unto the children of Israel, which said |