Israel’s Deliverance under Deborah and Barak

Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel. The deliverer through whom the Lord had wrought was Ehud. The victorious achievement of Israel's faith was followed by a rest that lasted eighty years. "And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when (and) Ehud was dead." It seems to be indicated in this verse that the eighty years of rest were the years of Ehud's government or nearly so. There was rest in the land only as long as the people obeyed God. Obedience was...