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So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.

Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.

So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.

So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you."

So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"Follow me," he told them, "for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hands." So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

"I will certainly go with you," Deborah replied, "but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman." So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,

Then Deborah said to Barak, "Arise, for this is the day the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone before you?" So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.