Judges 3 — Overview

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This chapter gives an account of the nations left in Canaan to prove Israel, and who became a snare unto them, Jud 3:1; and of the servitude of Israel under the king of Mesopotamia for their sins, from which they were delivered by Othniel, Jud 3:8; and of their subjection to the Moabites, from which they were freed by Ehud, who privately assassinated the king of Moab, and then made his escape, Jud 3:12; and of the destruction of a large number of Philistines by Shamgar, with an ox goad, Jud 3:31.

Ver. 1. Now these [are] the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by them,....

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