Ehud
Mentioned 1324–1304 BC traditional (Jones)
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, and for eighteen years held that whole district in subjection, exacting from it an annual tribute.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 26th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Judges, 1450–1051 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Eglon and Gera.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Stories
1 event in which Ehud takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 1359 BCDeliverance by EhudJudg 3:15-30
Places
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Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1349–1279 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
8 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Ehud 14 |
| KJV | Ehud 10 |
| ASV | Ehud 10 |
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Every verse
All 8 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Judges7 verses
- 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.
- 3:16
Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
- 3:20
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
- 3:21
And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
- 3:23
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
- 3:26
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
- 4:1
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 8:6
These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
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, and for eighteen years held that whole district in subjection, exacting from it an annual tribute. At length Ehud, by a stratagem, put Eglon to death with a two-edged dagger a cubit long, and routed the Moabites at the fords of the Jordan, putting 10,000 of them to death. Thenceforward the land, at least Benjamin, enjoyed rest “for fourscore years” (Judg. 3:12-30). But in the south-west the Philistines reduced the Israelites to great straits (Judg. 5:6). From this oppression Shamgar was raised up to be their deliverer.