¹⁵ Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab.

³⁴ When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

⁹ And when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

² They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.

¹⁶ Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

³ Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.

¹² And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

¹³ And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.

¹⁶ Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;

¹⁴ By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

⁶ Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

¹⁶ A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

¹⁵ Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and for the years in which we have seen evil.

¹⁵ Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.

²⁷ But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.