Ehud in Judges 3:15 — Bible person

The son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin (Judg. 3:15). After the death of Othniel the people again fell into idolatry, and Eglon, the king of Moab, uniting his bands with those of the Ammonites and the Amalekites, crossed the Jordan and took the city of Jericho, and for eighteen years held that whole district in subjection, exacting from it an annual tribute. At length Ehud, by a stratagem, put Eglon to death with a two-edged dagger a cubit long, and routed the Moabites at the fords of the Jordan, putting 10,000 of them to death. Thenceforward the land, at least Benjamin, enjoyed rest “for fourscore years” (Judg. 3:12-30). But in the south-west the Philistines reduced the Israelites to great straits (Judg. 5:6). From this oppression Shamgar was raised up to be their deliverer.

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Show passage in OET: JDG 3:15

OET-RV JDG 3:15

15 But the Israelis cried out to Yahweh, he sent them a leader to rescue them: the left-hander Ehud, son of Gera the Benyamite. The Israelis sent him to carry the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moav.

OET-LV JDG 3:15

15 And_ the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _they _cried _out to YHWH and_ YHWH _he _raised _up to/for_them a _deliverer DOM ʼĒhūd the _son _of Gērāʼ the _Ben-_of (the)_jaminite a _man impeded _of the _hand _of his _right _side _of_his and_ the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _they _sent in_his/its_hand tribute to_ˊEglōn the _king _of Mōʼāⱱ.

Show passage in OET: JDG 3:16

OET-RV JDG 3:16

16 Now Ehud had made himself a double-edged sword—a short one about half a metre long—and he strapped it to his right thigh beneath his clothes.

OET-LV JDG 3:16

16 And_he/it _made to_him/it ʼĒhūd a _sword and_belonged_to_it two _of mouths was_a _cubit length _of_its and_he _girded it from_under to_garments _of_his on the _thigh _of his _right _side _of_his.

Show passage in OET: JDG 3:20

OET-RV JDG 3:20

20 So Ehud approached where the king was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room and told him, “I have a message for you from God.” The king stood up from his seat

OET-LV JDG 3:20

20 And_ʼĒhūd he _came to_him/it and_he was_sitting in_the _roof _chamber _of (the)_coolness which to_him/it for_him/it_being _alone and_ ʼĒhūd _he/it _said a _message _of god to_me to_you and_he/it _rose _up from_under the_seat.

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