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Ehud in Wikipedia

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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Ehud Scripture - Judges 3:15

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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Ehud Scripture - 1 Chronicles 7:10

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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Ehud Scripture - Judges 3:26

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath....

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Ehud in Naves Topical Bible

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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Ehud in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Ehud in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Ehud in Hitchcock's Bible Names

he that praises...

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Ehud in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(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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Ehud in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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