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1 καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ἔθνη Ἰησοῦς ὥστε πειράσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν Ισραηλ πάντας τοὺς μὴ ἐγνωκότας πάντας τοὺς πολέμους Χανααν
2 πλὴν διὰ τὰς γενεὰς τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ τοῦ διδάξαι αὐτοὺς πόλεμον πλὴν οἱ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔγνωσαν αὐτά
3 τὰς πέντε σατραπείας τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ πάντα τὸν Χαναναῖον καὶ τὸν Σιδώνιον καὶ τὸν Ευαῖον τὸν τὸν Λίβανον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Βαλαερμων ἕως Λοβωημαθ
4 καὶ ἐγένετο ὥστε πειράσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν Ισραηλ γνῶναι εἰ ἀκούσονται τὰς ἐντολὰς κυρίου ἃς τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ἐν χειρὶ Μωυσῆ
5 καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Χαναναίου καὶ τοῦ Χετταίου καὶ τοῦ Αμορραίου καὶ τοῦ Φερεζαίου καὶ τοῦ Ευαίου καὶ τοῦ Ιεβουσαίου
6 καὶ ἔλαβον τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν ἑαυτοῖς εἰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν ἔδωκαν τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν
7 καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τὸ πονηρὸν ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ κυρίου θεοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν ταῖς Βααλιμ καὶ τοῖς ἄλσεσιν
8 καὶ ὠργίσθη θυμῷ κύριος ἐν τῷ Ισραηλ καὶ αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας Χουσαρσαθωμ βασιλέως Συρίας ποταμῶν καὶ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτῷ ὀκτὼ ἔτη
9 καὶ ἐκέκραξαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ πρὸς κύριον καὶ ἤγειρεν κύριος σωτῆρα τῷ Ισραηλ καὶ ἔσωσεν αὐτούς τὸν Γοθονιηλ υἱὸν Κενεζ ἀδελφὸν Χαλεβ τὸν νεώτερον αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ
10 καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπ' αὐτὸν πνεῦμα κυρίου καὶ ἔκρινεν τὸν Ισραηλ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον καὶ κύριος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν Χουσαρσαθωμ βασιλέα Συρίας καὶ ἐκραταιώθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Χουσαρσαθωμ
11 καὶ ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ ἔτη πεντήκοντα καὶ Γοθονιηλ υἱὸς Κενεζ
12 καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ κύριος τὸν Εγλωμ βασιλέα Μωαβ ἐπὶ τὸν Ισραηλ διὰ τὸ πεποιηκέναι αὐτοὺς τὸ πονηρὸν ἔναντι κυρίου
13 καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς Αμμων καὶ Αμαληκ καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὸν Ισραηλ καὶ ἐκληρονόμησεν τὴν πόλιν τῶν φοινίκων
14 καὶ ἐδούλευσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τῷ Εγλωμ βασιλεῖ Μωαβ ἔτη δέκα ὀκτώ
15 καὶ ἐκέκραξαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ πρὸς κύριον καὶ ἤγειρεν αὐτοῖς κύριος σωτῆρα τὸν Αωδ υἱὸν Γηρα υἱοῦ τοῦ Ιεμενι ἄνδρα ἀμφοτεροδέξιον καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ δῶρα ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τῷ Εγλωμ βασιλεῖ Μωαβ
16 καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ Αωδ μάχαιραν δίστομον σπιθαμῆς τὸ μῆκος καὶ αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὸν μανδύαν ἐπὶ τὸν μηρὸν τὸν δεξιὸν αὐτοῦ
17 καὶ τὰ δῶρα τῷ Εγλωμ βασιλεῖ Μωαβ καὶ Εγλωμ ἀνὴρ ἀστεῖος σφόδρα
18 καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς Αωδ τὰ δῶρα καὶ τοὺς αἴροντας τὰ δῶρα
19 καὶ Εγλωμ ἀπὸ τῶν γλυπτῶν μετὰ τῆς Γαλγαλ καὶ εἶπεν Αωδ λόγος μοι κρύφιος πρὸς σέ βασιλεῦ καὶ εἶπεν Εγλωμ πᾶσιν ἐκ μέσου καὶ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ αὐτῷ
20 καὶ Αωδ πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ τῷ θερινῷ αὐτοῦ μονώτατος καὶ εἶπεν Αωδ λόγος θεοῦ μοι πρὸς σέ βασιλεῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θρόνου Εγλωμ ἐγγὺς αὐτοῦ
21 καὶ ἐγένετο ἅμα τοῦ Αωδ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν ἀριστερὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν μάχαιραν ἀπὸ τοῦ μηροῦ τοῦ δεξιοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὴν εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν Εγλωμ
22 καὶ καί γε τὴν λαβὴν ὀπίσω τῆς φλογός καὶ τὸ στέαρ κατὰ τῆς φλογός ὅτι οὐκ τὴν μάχαιραν ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ
23 καὶ Αωδ εἰς τὴν προστάδα καὶ τὰς θύρας τοῦ ὑπερῴου ἐπ' αὐτὸν καὶ ἐσφήνωσεν
24 καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ αἱ θύραι τοῦ ὑπερῴου καὶ εἶπαν μήποτε πρὸς δίφρους ἐν τῇ ἀποχωρήσει τοῦ κοιτῶνος
25 καὶ αἰσχυνόμενοι καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν ὁ τὰς θύρας τοῦ ὑπερῴου καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν κλεῖδα καὶ καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ κύριος αὐτῶν πεπτωκὼς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τεθνηκώς
26 καὶ Αωδ ἕως ἐθορυβοῦντο καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ αὐτῷ καὶ αὐτὸς τὰ γλυπτὰ καὶ εἰς Σεϊρωθα
27 καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἦλθεν καὶ ἐσάλπισεν κερατίνῃ ἐν ὄρει Εφραιμ καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν
28 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ὀπίσω μου ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεὸς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν τὴν Μωαβ ἐν χειρὶ ὑμῶν καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς διαβάσεις τοῦ Ιορδάνου τῆς Μωαβ καὶ οὐκ ἄνδρα
29 καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὴν Μωαβ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ὡσεὶ δέκα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν πάντας τοὺς μαχητὰς τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ πάντα ἄνδρα δυνάμεως καὶ οὐ ἀνήρ
30 καὶ Μωαβ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖρα Ισραηλ καὶ ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ ὀγδοήκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἔκρινεν αὐτοὺς Αωδ ἕως οὗ
31 καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Σαμεγαρ υἱὸς Αναθ καὶ ἐπάταξεν τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους εἰς ἑξακοσίους ἄνδρας ἐκτὸς μόσχων τῶν βοῶν καὶ ἔσωσεν αὐτὸς τὸν Ισραηλ