Ehud Kills Eglon

15 But when the sons of Israel (A)cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by [a]him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:15 Lit his hand

15 Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer(A)—Ehud(B), a left-handed(C) man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute(D) to Eglon king of Moab.

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They were equipped with bows, (A)using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and shoot arrows with the bow; (B)they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin.

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they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed;(A) they were relatives of Saul(B) from the tribe of Benjamin):

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