The Bible, King James version, Book 7: Judges
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This eBook was produced by David Widger [widger@cecomet.net]
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992
and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.
Book 07 Judges
07:001:001 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the
children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for
us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
07:001:002 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered
the land into his hand.
07:001:003 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into
my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I
likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with
him.
07:001:004 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and
the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek
ten thousand men.
07:001:005 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against
him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
07:001:006 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught
him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
07:001:007 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their
thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under
my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they
brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
07:001:008 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and
had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and
set the city on fire.
07:001:009 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against
the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south,
and in the valley.
07:001:010 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron:
(now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew
Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
07:001:011 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and
the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
07:001:012 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it,
to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
07:001:013 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took
it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
07:001:014 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him
to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her
ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
07:001:015 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given
me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave
her the upper springs and the nether springs.
07:001:016 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up
out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into
the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and
they went and dwelt among the people.
07:001:017 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the
Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it.
And the name of the city was called Hormah.
07:001:018 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with
the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
07:001:019 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants
of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of
the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
07:001:020 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he
expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
07:001:021 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites
that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the
children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
07:001:022 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and
the LORD was with them.
07:001:023 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name
of the city before was Luz.)
07:001:024 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they
said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the
city, and we will shew thee mercy.
07:001:025 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.
07:001:026 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.
07:001:027 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean
and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants
of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her
towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the
Canaanites would dwell in that land.
07:001:028 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
07:001:029 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in
Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
07:001:030 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor
the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among
them, and became tributaries.
07:001:031 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the
inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of
Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
07:001:032 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
of the land: for they did not drive them out.
07:001:033 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh,
nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the
Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the
inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries
unto them.
07:001:034 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain:
for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
07:001:035 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in
Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so
that they became tributaries.
07:001:036 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to
Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
07:002:001 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and
said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you
unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I
will never break my covenant with you.
07:002:002 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land;
ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my
voice: why have ye done this?
07:002:003 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before
you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods
shall be a snare unto you.
07:002:004 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.
07:002:005 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they
sacrificed there unto the LORD.
07:002:006 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel
went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
07:002:007 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.
07:002:008 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died,
being an hundred and ten years old.
07:002:009 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of
the hill Gaash.
07:002:010 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers:
and there arose another generation after them, which knew not
the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
07:002:011 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD,
and served Baalim:
07:002:012 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought
them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the
gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed
themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
07:002:013 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
07:002:014 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them,
and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about,
so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
07:002:015 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against
them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn
unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
07:002:016 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them
out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
07:002:017 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.
07:002:018 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: for it repented the LORD
because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed
them and vexed them.
07:002:019 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, and to bow down unto them;
they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn
way.
07:002:020 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,
Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I
commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
07:002:021 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of
the nations which Joshua left when he died:
07:002:022 That through 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.
07:002:023 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them
out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of
Joshua.
07:003:001 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel
by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars
of Canaan;
07:003:002 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might
know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew
nothing thereof;
07:003:003 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites,
and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount
Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
07:003:004 And they were 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.
07:003:005 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites,
Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and
Jebusites:
07:003:006 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave
their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
07:003:007 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.
07:003:008 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served
Chushanrishathaim eight years.
07:003:009 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered
them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
07:003:010 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged
Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered
Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his
hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
07:003:011 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of
Kenaz died.
07:003:012 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against
Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
07:003:013 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and
went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
07:003:014 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab
eighteen years.
07:003:015 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite,
a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a
present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
07:003:016 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.
07:003:017 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon
was a very fat man.
07:003:018 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away
the people that bare the present.
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.
07:004:005 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and
Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to
her for judgment.
07:004:006 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of
Kedeshnaphtali, 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?
07:004:007 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.
07:004:008 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.
07:004:009 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 a woman. And
Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
07:004:010 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went
up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with
him.
07:004:011 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.
07:004:012 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone
up to mount Tabor.
07:004:013 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.
07:004:014 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.
07:004:015 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.
07:004:016 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 a man left.
07:004:017 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.
07:004:018 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.
07:004:019 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.
07:004:020 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.
07:004:021 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.
07:004:022 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 when he came into her tent, behold,
Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
07:004:023 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the
children of Israel.
07:004:024 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and
prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had
destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
07:005:001 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,
saying,
07:005:002 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people
willingly offered themselves.
07:005:003 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing
unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
07:005:004 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out
of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens
dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
07:005:005 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai
from before the LORD God of Israel.
07:005:006 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael,
the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked
through byways.
07:005:007 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel,
until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
07:005:008 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a
shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
07:005:009 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered
themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
07:005:010 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment,
and walk by the way.
07:005:011 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the
places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the
righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the
inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people
of the LORD go down to the gates.
07:005:012 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise,
Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
07:005:013 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles
among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the
mighty.
07:005:014 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after
thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down
governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the
writer.
07:005:015 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.
07:005:016 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings
of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great
searchings of heart.
07:005:017 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships?
Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
07:005:018 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives
unto the death in the high places of the field.
07:005:019 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
07:005:020 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera.
07:005:021 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the
river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
07:005:022 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,
the pransings of their mighty ones.
07:005:023 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly
the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of
the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
07:005:024 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite
be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.