Verse 15
Judges 3:15
Free Bible Version
15
Ehud had made for himself a cubit long double-edged sword, and he strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּזְעֲק֣וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ אֶל יְהוָה֒ וַ/יָּקֶם֩ יְהוָ֨ה לָ/הֶ֜ם מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ אֶת אֵה֤וּד בֶּן גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן הַ/יְמִינִ֔י אִ֥ישׁ אִטֵּ֖ר יַד יְמִינ֑/וֹ וַ/יִּשְׁלְח֨וּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל בְּ/יָד/וֹ֙ מִנְחָ֔ה לְ/עֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ מוֹאָֽב
English Translation
And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, the son of the Benjaminite, a man who was left-handed; and the children of Israel sent their tribute by him to Eglon king of Moab.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 3 Context
1
(He did so to teach warfare to the later generations of Israel, particularly to those who had not pr...
Focus ↗
2
They are: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites liv...
Focus ↗
3
They were left there be to a test for the Israelites, to find out whether the Israelites would keep...
Focus ↗
4
They lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Focus ↗
5
The Israelites intermarried with them, marrying their daughters, giving their own daughters to their...
Focus ↗
6
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They ignored the Lord their God (Elohim) and w...
Focus ↗
7
The Lord became angry with Israel, so he sold them to Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim. The...
Focus ↗
8
But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, he provided someone to rescue them, Othn...
Focus ↗
9
The Spirit of the Lord came on him, and he became Israel's judge. He went to war with Cushan-Rishath...
Focus ↗
10
As a result, the country was a peace for forty years until Othniel, son of Kenaz, died.
Focus ↗
11
But once again the Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because they did this the L...
Focus ↗
12
Eglon had the Ammonites and the Amalekite join him, and then attacked and defeated Israel, taking po...
Focus ↗
13
The Israelites were subject to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
Focus ↗
14
Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord to help them, and he provided someone to rescue them, Ehu...
Focus ↗
15
Ehud had made for himself a cubit long double-edged sword, and he strapped it to his right thigh und...
16
He came and presented the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.
Focus ↗
17
But when he reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He went to see Eglon, and told him,...
Focus ↗
18
Ehud then went over to where Eglon was sitting alone in his cool upstairs room, and told him, “I hav...
Focus ↗
19
The handle went in with the blade and the fat closed over it. So Ehud didn't pull the sword out, and...
Focus ↗
20
Then Ehud closed and locked the doors, and escaped through the toilet.
Focus ↗
21
After he had left, the servants came and saw that the doors of the room were locked. “He must be usi...
Focus ↗
22
So they waited until they couldn't stand it any more, and since he still hadn't opened the doors of...
Focus ↗
23
While the servants delayed acting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols and on to Seirah.
Focus ↗
24
When he got there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites joined him....
Focus ↗
25
He told them, “Follow me, for the Lord has handed Moab, your enemy, over to you.” So they followed h...
Focus ↗
26
Then they attacked the Moabites and killed around 10,000 of their best and strongest fighting men. N...
Focus ↗
27
Moab was conquered that day and made subject to Israel, and the country was at peace for eighty year...
Focus ↗
28
After Ehud was Shamgar, son of Anath, who killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He also res...
Focus ↗