Judges 3:13

and he gathers the sons of Ammon and Amalek to himself, and goes and strikes Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

In Context

12and the sons of Israel add to do evil in the eyes of YHWH; and YHWH strengthens Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done evil in the eyes of YHWH;

14and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 34:3and the south, and the circuit of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palms, to Zoar.

Judges 5:14From Ephraim [are] those whose root [is] in Amalek, || After you, Benjamin, among your peoples, || From Machir lawgivers came down, || And from Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.

Judges 10:9And the sons of Ammon pass over the Jordan to also fight against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel has great distress.

Psalms 83:6Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes,

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:13-31

Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. ( b. c. 1336.) 12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord . 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord , the… Read the whole commentary →

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