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Judges 3

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 21

1 And these are the nations which Jehovah left in order to test Israel by them, all who did not know all the wars of Canaan;

2 only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, only those who did not before know them:

3 five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that lived in Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entering of Hamath.

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Chapter Summary

The nations that were left to prove Israel. 6 They commit idolatry. 8 Othniel delivers them from Chushan-rishathaim, 15 Ehud from Eglon, 31 Shamgar from the Philistines.

Key Hebrew Words

חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת five H2568 · TWOT 686a
עִ֥יר excitement H5892 · TWOT 1587a
מִצְוֺ֣ת commandment H4687 · TWOT 1887b
צִוָּ֥ה lay charge H6680 · TWOT 1887
נִמְלַ֖ט slip away H4422 · TWOT 1198

People & Context

The Remaining Nations

The text lists the specific nations left by Jehovah to test Israel and to teach war to the generations that had not known it.

Intermarriage and Idolatry

The sons of Israel live among the Canaanites, take their daughters as wives, and serve the Baals and Asherahs.

Subjugation to Mesopotamia

Jehovah's anger burns, and He sells Israel into the hands of Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, for eight years.

Timeline

The Remaining Nations

The text lists the specific nations left by Jehovah to test Israel and to teach war to the generations that had not known it.

Judges 3:1-4
Intermarriage and Idolatry

The sons of Israel live among the Canaanites, take their daughters as wives, and serve the Baals and Asherahs.

Judges 3:5-7
Subjugation to Mesopotamia

Jehovah's anger burns, and He sells Israel into the hands of Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, for eight years.

Judges 3:8

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