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Ehud

Time-period: Mose-David (1400 – 1000 f.Kr.)
Age: -
Alt. names/spellings: Ehud
Father: Gera
children (2): Uzzah, Ahihud

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Ehud H0164
אֵהוּד (Ehod)
9 times in OT
Total    9 times

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  • Gera
    • Ehud

      order of birth not available

      • Uzzah

        Ehud's firstborn

        Uzzah
      • Ahihud

        Ehud's child nr: 2

        Ahihud

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But when the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord (Yahweh), the Lord (Yahweh) raised up a savior (deliverer), Ehud, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, a left-handed man, and the sons of Israel sent a gift with him to Eglon, king of Moab.
[The name Benjamin literally means "son of the right hand." The author notes that Ehud was left-handed, a trait that would prove decisive for the outcome of this story, see verses 16 and 21. The Benjaminites were known for their skill in using slings with their left hand (Judg. 20:16).]
And Ehud made a double-edged sword for him [himself or for Eglon], a cubit long [45 cm], and he fastened it under his clothes on his right side. [Since most people were right-handed, it looked as if Ehud was unarmed because he did not have the weapon on his left side. The weapon needed to be long enough to kill Eglon, who was a large man, and small enough to be hidden under his clothes.]
Ehud then came to him, and he was sitting by himself, alone in his cool upper room. And Ehud said, "I have a word (message; a matter, something—Hebr. davar) from God (Elohim) for you." And he rose from his seat.
And Ehud drew out his left hand and took the sword from his right hip and thrust it into his belly.
Then Ehud went out through the balcony (Hebr. misderon; the word comes from cedar and may imply "the room above the roof beams") and closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.
And Ehud fled while they lingered and had passed by the stone images [see verse 19] and fled to Seira. [Probably a wooded area in the southeastern hill country of Ephraim, where it was easy to hide.]
And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh) after Ehud died.