3:1 Now these [are] the nations which ADONAI (יהוה) left, to prove Yisrael by them, [even] as many [of Yisrael] as had not known all the milchamot (wars) of Kenaan;
3:2 Only that the generations of Benai Yisrael might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3:3 [Namely], five rulers of the Pelishtim , and all the Kenaanites, and the Tzidoni, and the Chivvi that dwelt in har Levanon, from har Ba'al-Hermon to the entering in of Hamath.
3:4 And they were to prove Yisrael by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of ADONAI (יהוה), which he commanded their avot by the yad Mosheh.
3:5 And Benai Yisrael dwelt among the Kenaanites, Hittites, and Emorities, and Perizzites, and Chivvi, and Yevusites:
3:6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their elohi (gods, אלהי).
3:7 And Benai Yisrael did evil in the sight of ADONAI (יהוה), and forgat ADONAI (יהוה) their Elohim (אלהים), and served ba'alim and the groves.
3:8 Therefore the anger of ADONAI (יהוה) was hot against Yisrael, and he sold them into the yad Kushan-Rish'atayim melekh Aram-Naharayim (Mesopotamia): and Benai Yisrael served Kushan-Rish'atayim eight years.
3:9 And when Benai Yisrael cried to ADONAI (יהוה), ADONAI (יהוה) raised up a deliverer to Benai Yisrael, who delivered them, [even] Otni'el (עתניאל) Ben Kenaz, Kalev (לכלב)'s younger brother.
3:10 And the Spirit of ADONAI (יהוה) came upon him, and he judged Yisrael, and went out to war: and ADONAI (יהוה) delivered Kushan-Rish'atayim melekh Aram-Naharayim (Mesopotamia) into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Kushan-Rish'atayim.
3:11 And the land had rest arba'im shanah. And Otni'el (עתניאל) Ben Kenaz died.
Mo'avite oppression n Ehud (אהוד)'s Deliverance
Ehud the second Judge, delivers from Mo'av
3:12 And Benai Yisrael did evil again in the sight of ADONAI (יהוה): and ADONAI (יהוה) strengthened Eglon the melekh Mo'av against Yisrael, because they had done evil in the sight of ADONAI (יהוה).
3:13 And he gathered to him Benai Amon and Amalek, and went and smote Yisrael, and possessed the city of palm trees.
3:14 So Benai Yisrael served Eglon the melekh Mo'av eighteen years.
3:15 But when Benai Yisrael cried to ADONAI (יהוה), ADONAI (יהוה) raised them up a deliverer, Ehud (אהוד) Ben Gera, a Benyamite, a man lefthanded: and by him Benai Yisrael sent a present to Eglon the melekh Mo'av.
3:16 But Ehud (אהוד) made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
3:17 And he brought the present to Eglon melekh Mo'av: and Eglon [was] a very fat man.
3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that [were] by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand to you, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
3:20 And Ehud (אהוד) came to him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud (אהוד) said, I have a message from Elohim (אלהים) to you. And he arose out of [his] seat.
3:21 And Ehud (אהוד) put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
3:22 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.
3:23 Then Ehud (אהוד) went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
3:24 When he was gone out, his avadim came; and when they saw that, hinei, the doors of the parlour [were] locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, hinei, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened [them]: and, hinei, their master [was] fallen down dead on the earth.
3:26 And Ehud (אהוד) escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Se'irah (שׂעירתה):
3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a shofar (שׁופר) in the harain of Efrayim, and Benai Yisrael went down with him from the har, and he before them.
3:28 And he said to them:
Follow after me: for ADONAI (יהוה) has delivered your enemies the Mo'avites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Yarden toward Mo'av, and suffered not a man to pass over.
3:29 And they slew of Mo'av at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
3:30 So Mo'av was subdued that day under the yad Yisrael. And the land had rest eighty years.
3:31 And after him was Shamgar Ben Anat, which slew of the Pelishtim six hundred men with an malmad (ox goad): and he also delivered Yisrael.
Ehud the son of Gera, a Benyamite, a man lefthanded *: Ehud = "I will give thanks: I will be praised" or "undivided, union" in (1Ch. 8: only Benyamite judge of Yisrael, deliverer of Yisrael from Mo'av
3;31 malmad Ox goad במלמד The ox goad is a traditional farming implement, used to spur or guide a plowing animal. It may be compared to a cattle prod. Observe seven illustrations of 1 Cor 1:27, ox goad, a nail (4:21) Shofar, pitchers (כּד) lamps, millstones Jawbone of a donkey. The student of the Malmud (Ox-goad/Teacher) is called the Limud (Learner). Limud is translated as disciple in Isaiah 8.16