Ehud
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Named at Judges 3:15 as the savior the LORD raised up for the children of Israel: “Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man”. At 3:15–17 the children of Israel send tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab, and Ehud makes himself a sword which has two edges and wears it under his clothing on his right thigh. At 3:18–25 Ehud says to the king, “I have a message from God to you,” puts out his left hand, takes the sword from his right thigh and thrusts it into the king’s body, then shuts the doors of the upper room and locks them. At 3:26–30 Ehud escapes to Seirah and blows a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; they follow him, take the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and strike about ten thousand men of Moab, and the land has rest eighty years. The Korean Revised Version names him again at 3:31 (에훗의 후에, where WEB says “After him”), and 4:1 says that the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
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- JDG 3:15–17, engwebp
15But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
16Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.
17He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
- JDG 3:18–25, engwebp
18When Ehud had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.
19But he himself turned back from the stone idols that were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” The king said, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him left him.
20Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat.
21Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
22The handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
23Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
24After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”
25They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their lord had fallen down dead on the floor.
- JDG 3:26–30, engwebp
26Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.
27When he had come, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he led them.
28He said to them, “Follow me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn’t allow any man to pass over.
29They struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every strong man and every man of valor. No man escaped.
30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
- JDG 3:31, engwebp
31After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad. He also saved Israel.
- JDG 4:1–3, engwebp
1The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
2The LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3The children of Israel cried to the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
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Gera (father of Ehud) — Father of — Ehud
Evidence: Judges 3:15–17
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Took part in (3) — Ehud wears a two-edged sword and offers the tribute to Eglon the king of Moab, Ehud thrusts the sword into the king, who sat alone in the cool upper room, They follow Ehud, take the fords of the Jordan and strike about ten thousand men of Moab
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But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.
When Ehud had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.
Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat.
Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.
Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
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Current wording: Named at Judges 3:15 as the savior the LORD raised up for the children of Israel: “Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man”. At 3:15–17 the children of Israel send tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab, and Ehud makes himself a sword which has two edges and wears it under his clothing on his right thigh. At 3:18–25 Ehud says to the king, “I have a message from God to you,” puts out his left hand, takes the sword from his right thigh and thrusts it into the king’s body, then shuts the doors of the upper room and locks them. At 3:26–30 Ehud escapes to Seirah and blows a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; they follow him, take the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and strike about ten thousand men of Moab, and the land has rest eighty years. The Korean Revised Version names him again at 3:31 (에훗의 후에, where WEB says “After him”), and 4:1 says that the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
Cited evidence: JDG 3:15–17, engwebp / JDG 3:18–25, engwebp / JDG 3:26–30, engwebp / JDG 3:31, engwebp / JDG 4:1–3, engwebp
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