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And they took possession of the city of palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and Amalek, went and defeated Israel, and took possession of the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the city of the palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And Eglon gathered to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck down Israel [in defeat], and they took possession of the City of Palm Trees (Jericho).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Eglon convinced the Ammonites and the Amalekites to join forces with him, he attacked and defeated Israel and took possession of the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Eglon convinced the Ammonites and the Amalekites to join forces with him, he attacked and defeated Israel and took possession of the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />who had joined forces with the Ammonites and the Amalekites to attack Israel. Eglon and his army captured Jericho. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Eglon got the Ammonites and the Amalekites to help him, and they defeated the Israelites and occupied the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Eglon joined the Ammonites and the Amalekites; they defeated Israel and captured Jericho, the city of palm trees. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Eglon assembled together the Ammonites and the Amalekites, proceeded to attack Israel, and captured the cities of palms. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He gathered to him the people of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm-trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He gathered the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he gathers the sons of Ammon and Amalek to himself, and goes and strikes Israel, and they possess the city of palms;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will gather to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he will go and smite Israel, and will inherit the city of palm-trees.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he joined to him the children of Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he joined to him the sons of Ammon and the sons of Amalek. And he went forth and struck Israel, and he possessed the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Taking the Ammonites and Amalek as allies, he went and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In alliance with the Ammonites and the Amalekites, he went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he mobilized the children of Ammon and Amalek against them, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he gathered against them the children of Amon and Amaliq, and they went and they struck Israel and they possessed the City of Palm Trees<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/3-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=726" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Ehud</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12</span>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. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">After enlisting the Ammonites</a> <a href="/hebrew/5983.htm" title="5983: ‘am·mō·wn (N-proper-ms) -- A people living E. of the Jordan. From am; tribal, i.e. Inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6002.htm" title="6002: wa·‘ă·mā·lêq (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A desc. of Esau, also his posterity. Probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country.">and Amalekites</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">to join forces</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">with him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Eglon attacked</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yaḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">and defeated</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: way·yî·rə·šū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">taking possession of</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the City</a> <a href="/hebrew/8558.htm" title="8558: hat·tə·mā·rîm (N-proper-fs) -- Palm tree, date palm. From an unused root meaning to be erect; a palm tree.">of Palms.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-50</a></span><br />The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, / a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/22-1.htm">Numbers 22:1-4</a></span><br />Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho. / Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites, / and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-9.htm">Joshua 24:9-10</a></span><br />Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you, / but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-9.htm">1 Samuel 12:9</a></span><br />But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-6.htm">Psalm 83:6-8</a></span><br />the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, / of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. / Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Isaiah 9:12</a></span><br />Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Jeremiah 48:1-2</a></span><br />Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. / There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8-11</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” / therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. / I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a></span><br />But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-27.htm">Luke 6:27-28</a></span><br />But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, / bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-20.htm">Romans 12:20-21</a></span><br />On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” / Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">2 Corinthians 10:3-4</a></span><br />For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. / The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a></span><br />For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.</p><p class="hdg">Ammon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Judges 5:14</a></b></br> Out of Ephraim <i>was there</i> a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-6.htm">Psalm 83:6</a></b></br> The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;</p><p class="hdg">the city</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Judges 1:16</a></b></br> And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which <i>lieth</i> in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/34-3.htm">Deuteronomy 34:3</a></b></br> And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-7.htm">Psalm 83:7</a></b></br> Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/25-19.htm">Amalek</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/numbers/14-45.htm">Amal'ekites</a> <a href="/joshua/13-25.htm">Ammon</a> <a href="/joshua/13-25.htm">Ammonites</a> <a href="/joshua/13-10.htm">Bene-Ammon</a> <a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/1-26.htm">City</a> <a href="/judges/1-17.htm">Defeated</a> <a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Eglon</a> <a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Join</a> <a href="/judges/3-10.htm">Overcame</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Palms</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Palm-Trees</a> <a href="/judges/2-6.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/joshua/24-8.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/judges/2-6.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/judges/1-12.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/judges/1-25.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/judges/1-25.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Together</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Trees</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Amalek</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Amalekites</a> <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Amal'ekites</a> <a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Ammon</a> <a href="/judges/10-7.htm">Ammonites</a> <a href="/judges/10-7.htm">Bene-Ammon</a> <a href="/judges/3-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/5-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/judges/11-21.htm">Defeated</a> <a href="/judges/3-14.htm">Eglon</a> <a href="/judges/3-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/21-21.htm">Join</a> <a href="/judges/4-23.htm">Overcame</a> <a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-4.htm">Palms</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-29.htm">Palm-Trees</a> <a href="/judges/11-23.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/judges/11-21.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/judges/6-34.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/judges/3-31.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/judges/3-29.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/judges/3-29.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/judges/4-10.htm">Together</a> <a href="/judges/9-8.htm">Trees</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-1.htm">The nations which were left to prove Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-5.htm">By communion with them they commit idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-8.htm">Othniel delivered them from Chushan-Rishathaim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Ehud from Eglon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-31.htm">and Shamgar from the Philistines</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Ammonites, descendants of Lot, often conflicted with Israel (<a href="/genesis/19-36.htm">Genesis 19:36-38</a>). The Amalekites, descendants of Esau, were known for their persistent enmity against Israel, first attacking them in <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8-16</a>. This alliance highlights the recurring theme of Israel's neighbors uniting against them, a pattern seen throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>Eglon attacked and defeated Israel</b><br>Eglon's attack represents a period of judgment upon Israel due to their disobedience and idolatry, as outlined earlier in <a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Judges 3:12</a>. The defeat signifies God's allowance of foreign oppression as a means to bring Israel to repentance. This cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance is a central theme in the Book of Judges.<p><b>taking possession of the City of Palms</b><br>The "City of Palms" refers to Jericho, a city with significant biblical history. Jericho was the first city conquered by Israel under Joshua's leadership (Joshua 6). Its capture by Eglon symbolizes a reversal of Israel's earlier victories and a loss of the blessings they had received. Jericho's strategic location made it a valuable asset for controlling trade routes and exerting influence in the region. The city's palm trees were a notable feature, contributing to its description and its economic importance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eglon.htm">Eglon</a></b><br>The king of Moab who, with the help of the Ammonites and Amalekites, oppressed Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/ammonites.htm">Ammonites</a></b><br>A group descended from Lot, often in conflict with Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/amalekites.htm">Amalekites</a></b><br>A nomadic tribe, descendants of Esau, known for their hostility towards Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were oppressed due to their disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/city_of_palms.htm">City of Palms</a></b><br>Another name for Jericho, a significant city in Israel's history.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Israel's oppression by Eglon and his allies is a direct result of their disobedience to God. This serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains sovereign, using even their enemies to bring about His purposes and ultimately lead them back to repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Judges highlights the necessity of turning back to God when we stray.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_opposition.htm">Unity in Opposition</a></b><br>Eglon's alliance with the Ammonites and Amalekites shows how opposition to God's people can come from unexpected alliances, reminding believers to be vigilant in their spiritual battles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_significance_of_places.htm">Historical Significance of Places</a></b><br>Understanding the historical and spiritual significance of places like the City of Palms can deepen our appreciation for God's work throughout history.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">The children of Ammon.</span>--They were closely allied with the Moabites by affinities of race and character. (<a href="/context/genesis/19-37.htm" title="And the first born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.">Genesis 19:37-38</a>.) We find them united with Moab against Jehoshaphat in <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm" title="It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.">2Chronicles 20:1</a>. (See <a href="/judges/11-24.htm" title="Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.">Judges 11:24</a>.) It has been supposed that <span class= "ital">Chepharhaammonai </span>(<a href="/joshua/18-24.htm" title="And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:">Joshua 18:24</a>), or "the village of the Ammonites," is a memorial of this conquest (Stanley, <span class= "ital">Jewish Church, </span>ii. 316).<p><span class= "bld">Amalek.</span>--The wild desert clans, which are united under this name, had been from the first the bitterest enemies of Israel. They had attacked the sick and feeble of their rearguard in the wilderness, and, after the battle of Rephidim, had called down on themselves the internecine anger of Israel (<a href="/context/exodus/17-8.htm" title="Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.">Exodus 17:8-16</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/25-17.htm" title="Remember what Amalek did to you by the way, when you were come forth out of Egypt;">Deuteronomy 25:17</a>), which finally found expression in the reign of Saul (<a href="/context/1_samuel/15-2.htm" title="Thus said the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.">1Samuel 15:2-8</a>). They are first mentioned in <a href="/genesis/14-7.htm" title="And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelled in Hazezontamar.">Genesis 14:7</a>, and it is probable that there was a tribe of Amalekites older than those descended from Eliphaz. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The children of Ammon</span>. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see <a href="/genesis/19-38.htm">Genesis 19:38</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/2-19.htm">Deuteronomy 2:19, 37</a>; <a href="/judges/10-6.htm">Judges 10:6, 11, 17</a>, etc.). Sometimes, however, they are called <span class="accented">Ammon</span>, or <span class="accented">Ammonites</span> (see <a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/11-11.htm">1 Samuel 11:11</a>, etc.). <span class="accented">Amalek</span>, or the <span class="accented">Amalekites</span>, were the hereditary enemies of Israel (see <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Exodus 17:8-16</a>; <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Judges 5:14</a>; <a href="/judges/6-3.htm">Judges 6:3, 33</a>; <a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/15-2.htm">1 Samuel 15:2</a>, etc.). The Amalekites appear, from <a href="/genesis/36-12.htm">Genesis 36:12</a>, to have been a branch of the Edomites, and the latest mention of them in the Bible finds a remnant of them in the neighbourhood of Mount Seir in the days of Hezekiah (<a href="/1_chronicles/4-41.htm">1 Chronicles 4:41-43</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The city of palm trees</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> Jericho, as <a href="/deuteronomy/34-3.htm">Deuteronomy 34:3</a>; <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Judges 1:16</a>. Jericho was the first city in Canaan which any one crossing the fords of the Jordan would come to (see <a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Joshua 2:1</a>; <a href="/joshua/6-1.htm">Joshua 6:1</a>, etc.). Though no longer a fenced city, it was important from the fertility of the plain, and from its commanding the fords. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/3-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After enlisting the Ammonites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Amalekites</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·mā·lêq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6002.htm">Strong's 6002: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to join forces</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with him,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Eglon] attacked</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and defeated</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">taking possession of</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽירְשׁ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yî·rə·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the City</span><br /><span class="heb">עִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Palms.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתְּמָרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tə·mā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8558.htm">Strong's 8558: </a> </span><span class="str2">Palm tree, date palm</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/3-13.htm">Judges 3:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/3-13.htm">OT History: Judges 3:13 He gathered to him the children (Jd Judg. 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