Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern,
Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kinsmen.
But some worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
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