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Judges 3 Majority Standard Bible
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1 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
1 ESTAS, pues, son las gentes que dejó Jehová para probar con ellas á Israel, á todos aquellos que no habían conocido todas las guerras de Canaán;
2 if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
2 Para que al menos el linaje de los hijos de Israel conociese, para enseñarlos en la guerra, siquiera [fuese] á los que antes no la habían conocido:
3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
3 Cinco príncipes de los Philisteos, y todos los Cananeos, y los Sidonios, y los Heveos que habitaban en el monte Líbano: desde el monte de Baal-hermón hasta llegar á Hamath.
4 These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
4 Estos pues fueron para probar por ellos á Israel, para saber si obedecerían á los mandamientos de Jehová, que él había prescrito á sus padres por mano de Moisés.
5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
5 Así los hijos de Israel habitaban entre los Cananeos, Hetheos, Amorrheos, Pherezeos, Heveos, y Jebuseos:
6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
6 Y tomaron de sus hijas por mujeres, y dieron sus hijas á los hijos de ellos, y sirvieron á sus dioses.
7 So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
7 Hicieron, pues, los hijos de Israel lo malo en ojos de Jehová: y olvidados de Jehová su Dios, sirvieron á los Baales, y á los [ídolos de los] bosques.
8 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
8 Y la saña de Jehová se encendió contra Israel, y vendiólos en manos de Chusan-risathaim, rey de Mesopotamia; y sirvieron los hijos de Israel á Chusan-risathaim ocho años.
9 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
9 Y clamaron los hijos de Israel á Jehová; y Jehová suscitó salvador á los hijos de Israel y librólos; [es á saber], á Othoniel hijo de Cenez, hermano menor de Caleb.
10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
10 Y el espíritu de Jehová fué sobre él, y juzgó á Israel, y salió á batalla, y Jehová entregó en su mano á Chusan-risathaim, rey de Siria, y prevaleció su mano contra Chusan-risathaim.
11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
11 Y reposó la tierra cuarenta años; y murió Othoniel, hijo de Cenez.
12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
12 Y tornaron los hijos de Israel á hacer lo malo ante los ojos de Jehová; y Jehová esforzó á Eglón rey de Moab contra Israel, por cuanto habían hecho lo malo ante los ojos de Jehová.
13 After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
13 Y juntó consigo á los hijos de Ammón y de Amalec, y fué, é hirió á Israel, y tomó la ciudad de las palmas.
14 The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
14 Y sirvieron los hijos de Israel á Eglón rey de los Moabitas diez y ocho años.
15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
15 Y clamaron los hijos de Israel á Jehová; y Jehová les suscitó salvador, á Aod, hijo de Gera, Benjamita, el cual tenía cerrada la mano derecha. Y los hijos de Israel enviaron con él un presente á Eglón rey de Moab.
16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
16 Y Aod se había hecho un puñal de dos filos, de un codo de largo; y ciñósele debajo de sus vestidos á su lado derecho.
17 and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
17 Y presentó el presente á Eglón rey de Moab; y era Eglón hombre muy grueso.
18 After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
18 Y luego que hubo presentado el don, despidió á la gente que lo había traído.
19 But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
19 Mas él se volvió desde los ídolos que están en Gilgal, y dijo: Rey, una palabra secreta tengo que decirte. El entonces dijo: Calla. Y saliéronse de con él todos los que delante de él estaban.
20 Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
20 Y llegóse Aod á él, el cual estaba sentado solo en una sala de verano. Y Aod dijo: Tengo palabra de Dios para ti. El entonces se levantó de la silla.
21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
21 Mas Aod metió su mano izquierda, y tomó el puñal de su lado derecho, y metióselo por el vientre;
22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
22 De tal manera que la empuñadura entró también tras la hoja, y la grosura encerró la hoja, que él no sacó el puñal de su vientre: y salió el estiércol.
23 Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
23 Y saliendo Aod al patio, cerró tras sí las puertas de la sala.
24 After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
24 Y salido él, vinieron sus siervos, los cuales viendo las puertas de la sala cerradas, dijeron: Sin duda él cubre sus pies en la sala de verano.
25 So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
25 Y habiendo esperado hasta estar confusos, pues que él no abría las puertas de la sala, tomaron la llave y abrieron: y he aquí su señor caído en tierra muerto.
26 Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
26 Mas entre tanto que ellos se detuvieron, Aod se escapó, y pasando los ídolos, salvóse en Seirath.
27 On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
27 Y como hubo entrado, tocó el cuerno en el monte de Ephraim, y los hijos de Israel descendieron con él del monte, y él [iba] delante de ellos.
28 “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
28 Entonces él les dijo: Seguidme, porque Jehová ha entregado vuestros enemigos los Moabitas en vuestras manos. Y descendieron en pos de él, y tomaron los vados del Jordán á Moab, y no dejaron pasar á ninguno.
29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
29 Y en aquel tiempo hirieron de los Moabitas como diez mil hombres, todos valientes y todos hombres de guerra; no escapó hombre.
30 So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
30 Así quedó Moab sojuzgado aquel día bajo la mano de Israel: y reposó la tierra ochenta años.
31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
31 Después de éste fué Samgar hijo de Anat, el cual hirió seiscientos hombres de los Filisteos con una aguijada de bueyes; y él también salvó á Israel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Anath
Named only as the father of the judge Shamgar.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6
Cushan-rishathaim
King of Aram-naharaim into whose hand the LORD sold Israel for eight years until Othniel defeated him.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:8; Judges 3:10
Eglon
Obese king of Moab who, joined by the Ammonites and Amalekites, defeated Israel, took the City of Palms and ruled Israel eighteen years until Ehud killed him in his upper room.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:12; Judges 3:14; Judges 3:17
Ehud
Left-handed Benjamite whom the LORD raised up as deliverer, who killed Eglon king of Moab with a double-edged sword and led Israel to subdue Moab, giving the land eighty years of…
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:15; Judges 3:21; Judges 3:26
Gera
Benjamite named as the father of the judge Ehud.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:15
Kenaz
Brother of Caleb (his younger brother, according to Judges) and father of Othniel, the first judge after Joshua.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 15:17; Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9
Othniel
Son of Caleb's brother Kenaz who captured Kiriath-sepher and so won Caleb's daughter Acsah as his wife, and later, with the Spirit of the LORD upon him, judged Israel and defeated…
Cited in the guide: Joshua 15:17; Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9–11
Shamgar
Son of Anath who saved Israel by striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad, and whose days are recalled in Deborah's song.
Cited in the guide: Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 2:21–22; Proverbs 17:3; Deuteronomy 7:22; 1 Peter 4:12; Deuteronomy 8:16
- 2 2 Timothy 2:3; Genesis 3:5; Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:7; 2 Chronicles 12:8
- 3 Joshua 13:3; Joshua 13:5; 1 Samuel 6:18; 1 Samuel 13:5; Judges 10:12
- 4 Judges 2:22; Judges 3:1; Exodus 15:25; Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 33:8
- 5 Psalm 106:34–38; Exodus 3:8; Genesis 10:15–18; Exodus 3:17; Joshua 9:1
- 6 Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3–4; 1 Kings 11:1–5; Ezra 9:11–12; Nehemiah 13:23–27
- 7 Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 4:9; 2 Kings 23:6; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 23:14
- 8 Judges 2:14; Psalm 85:3; Judges 4:9; Habakkuk 3:7; Deuteronomy 29:20
- 9 Judges 3:15; Psalm 22:5; Judges 1:13; Judges 6:7; Judges 10:10
- 10 Judges 14:19; Judges 11:29; Judges 14:6; 1 Samuel 11:6; Judges 13:25
- 11 Judges 5:31; Judges 3:30; Joshua 11:23; Judges 8:28; Esther 9:22
- 12 1 Samuel 12:9; John 19:11; Judges 2:19; Daniel 5:18; 2 Kings 5:1
- 13 Judges 1:16; Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 5:14; Psalm 83:6–7
- 14 Leviticus 26:23–25; Deuteronomy 28:40; Deuteronomy 28:47–48
- 15 Judges 3:9; Psalm 78:34; Judges 20:16; Isaiah 36:16; Jeremiah 33:3
- 16 Revelation 2:12; Hebrews 4:12; Psalm 45:3; Judges 3:21; Revelation 1:16
- 17 Ezekiel 34:20; Job 15:27; Jeremiah 5:28; Judges 3:29; Psalm 73:19
- 19 Joshua 4:20; Acts 23:18–19; 2 Kings 9:5–6; Judges 3:20; Genesis 45:1
- 20 Jeremiah 10:7; Amos 3:15; Judges 3:19; Micah 6:9; 2 Samuel 24:12
- 21 1 Samuel 15:33; 2 Corinthians 5:16; Zechariah 13:3; Job 20:25; Numbers 25:7–8
- 24 1 Samuel 24:3
- 27 1 Samuel 13:3; Judges 6:34; Judges 17:1; 2 Kings 9:13; Judges 7:24
- 28 Judges 12:5; Judges 7:15; Judges 7:9; Joshua 2:7; 1 Samuel 17:47
- 29 Deuteronomy 32:15; Judges 3:17; Psalm 17:10; Job 15:27
- 30 Judges 3:11; Judges 5:31
- 31 Judges 5:6; 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Samuel 17:50; Judges 2:16
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