{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:07:28.278Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Judges","bookSlug":"judges","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Judges 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Judges 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/3 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}