Ehud
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite,
a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a
present unto Eglon the king of Moab....
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The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan;
Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and
Tharshish, and Ahishahar....
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And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath....
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Ehud ben‑Gera (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בֶּן‑גֵּרָא, Standard Ehud ben‑Gera
Tiberian ʾĒhûḏ ben‑Gērāʾ; in the Biblical Book of Judges
(3:12–4:1) was the judge who fought against the Moabite
coalition, led by King Eglon. Ehud was sent to present the
Israelite's annual tribute. He had blacksmiths make a short
double-edged sword about twelve inches long: u...
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e'-hud (ehudh, "united," "strong"): A Benjamite, son of Gera,
deliverer of Israel from oppression by Moab (Jdg 3:15-30).
Gaining access alone to the presence of King Eglon under
pretense of a secret errand connected with the payment of
Israel's tribute, Ehud, a left-handed man, drew the sword he
had concealed upon his right side, and thrust th...
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1. A descendant of Benjamin
1Ch 8:6
Called EHI
Ge 46:21
Probably identical with AHIRAM, mentioned in
Nu 26:38
And AHARAH
1Ch 8:1
And AHOAH
1Ch 8:4
And AHIAH
1Ch 8:7
And AHER
1Ch 7:12
-2. Son of Bilhan
1Ch 7:10
-3. A Benjamite, the assassin of Eglon
Jud 3:16...
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(union).
1. Ehud son of Bilhah, and great-grandson of Benjamin
the patriarch. 1Ch 7:10; 8:6
2. Ehud son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, Jud
3:15 the second judge of the Israelites. (B.C. about 1370.) In
the Bible he is not called a judge, but a deliverer (l.c.): so
Othniel, Jud 3:9 and all the Judges. Ne 9:27 As a Benjamite he
was special...
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union. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:10), his
great-grandson.
(2.) 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,...
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(See EGLON.) An hereditary name in Benjamin (1 Chronicles
7:10; 1 Chronicles 8:6). The second of the judges was son of
Gera, also an hereditary name in Benjamin (Genesis 46:21; 2
Samuel 16:5; 1 Chronicles 8:3). Israel's "deliverer," under
God, from the Moabite Eglon who had crossed the Jordan
westward, and seized Jericho, in Ehud's tribe, Benj...
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