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Ehud

8 verses · 6 family members

Verses Mentioning Ehud

  1. But when the people of Isra'el cried out to ADONAI, ADONAI raised up for them a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, from the tribe of Binyamin, a left-handed man. The people of Isra'el appointed him to take their tribute to 'Eglon the king of Mo'av.

  2. Ehud made himself a double-edged sword eighteen inches long and strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes.

  3. Ehud came to him; he was sitting alone by himself in his upstairs room, where it was cool. Ehud said: "I have a message from God for you." As the king arose from his seat,

  4. Ehud reached out with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into the king's belly.

  5. Then Ehud went out onto the porch, shut the doors of the upstairs room behind him and locked them.

  6. But while they were delaying, Ehud escaped- he passed beyond the quarries and arrived safely in Se'irah.

  7. But after Ehud had died, the people of Isra'el again did what was evil from ADONAI's perspective.

  8. These are the sons of Ehud, the heads of fathers' clans among the inhabitants of Geva (they were carried away captive to Manachat;