Judges 3:15
And again they cried out to the Lord, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
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.
Note a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini
Note lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand
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.
But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- An
- A.M. 2679. B.C. 1325. Ex. Is. 166. cried unto.
- Judges 3:9; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 78:34; Psalm 90:15; Jeremiah 29:12, 13; Jeremiah 33:3
- a Benjamite
- or, the son of Jemini. left-handed. Heb. shutof his right hand. This Hebrew phrase intimates that, either through disease or disuse, he made little or no use of the right hand, but of his left only, and so was the less fit for war, because he would most likely wield a dagger awkwardly: yet God chose this left-handed man to be the minister of his retributive justice. It was God's right hand that gained Israel the victory, Ps 44:3; not the right hand of the instruments he employed.
- Judges 20:16; 1 Chronicles 12:2
- sent a present
- 1 Samuel 10:27; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 19:6; Proverbs 21:14; Isaiah 36:16