Kniha Sudcov

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(UKJV - Anglický - Updated King James)

Sdc 3, 1-31

1 "Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; " 2 "Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; " 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgotten about the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. 8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10 "And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. " 11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 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 stroke 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 LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. 16 "But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. " 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto you, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 "And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto you. And he arose out of his seat. " 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 22 "And the handle 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. " 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 "When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber. " 25 "And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. " 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 "And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. " 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. 31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.

Sdc 3,1-6 - Bál-Hermon je Bál-Gad, Joz 13,5. O Emate Joz 13,5.

Sdc 3,7 - O ašerách pozri pozn. k 2,13.

Sdc 3,8 - Chusan Rasataim (hebr. rišátajim-dvojitá zločinnosť, vrchol zločinnosti), podľa Vg kráľ mezopotámsky, podľa hebr. kráľ krajiny Aram Naharajim ("Aram oboch prúdov", t. j. krajina západne od horného toku Eufratu až po rieku Orontos, teda časť Mezopotámie; porov. Gn 24,10; Dt 23,4). Podľa 2,14 nn. Kniha Sdc spomína len okolitých nepriateľov, utláčateľov Izraela. Keď aj vpád nepriateľa z Mezopotámie nie je nemožný, predsa nedá sa povedať, že mezopotámsky kráľ Chusan by bol susedom Kenejca Otoniela, ktorý býval v južnej Palestíne. Preto niektorí sa domnievajú, že Chusan (Kuš je arabský kmeň, Hab 3,7) Rasataim (u Mal 1,4 Edomsko sa nazýva "územím zločinnosti") bol kráľom edomským, čiže miesto "Aram" treba čítať podľa 2 Kr 16,6 "Edom".

Sdc 3,12 - Moabčania (Gn 19,30–37; Dt 23,3 nn.) bývali na východnom brehu Mŕtveho mora. Na juhu susedili s Edomcami, na severovýchode s Amončanmi (Gn 19,38) a na severe s Rubenovcami a Gadovcami. Ich severnou hranicou bola rieka Arnon. Prekročili asi túto hranicu, vnikli do územia Rubenovcov a Gadovcov a odtiaľ cez Jordán do územia Benjamínovcov. – Amalekiti – bývali južne od Júdovho údelu – bojovali s Izraelom už na púšti, Ex 17,8. – Mesto paliem, t. j. Jericho (1,16).

Sdc 3,15 - Aod (hebr. Ehúd), Benjamínovec z rodu Gerovho (Gerá), bol ľavoruký (hebr. doslovne: "zaviazaný na pravú ruku"); buď používal ľavú ruku ako pravú alebo bol chybný na pravú ruku. V poslednom prípade, naoko nie síce nebezpečný, ale tým ľahšie mohol previesť svoj čin. – "Meč, na piaď dlhý" (Vg má: "na dlaň ruky dlhý") – bola to nejaká krátka dýka, ktorá sa dala nepozorovane ukryť. Porov. 2 Sam 20,8.

Sdc 3,18 - Eglon nariaďuje služobníctvu mlčať, čo je spolu aj pokyn, aby všetci odišli.