Judges 3:16

And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

In Context

15And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. And by him the children of Israel sent a gift to Eglon king of Moab.

17And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.

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Cross References

Judges 3:21Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;

Psalms 149:6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

Hebrews 4:12For the word of God [is] living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to [the] division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of [the] heart.

Revelation 2:12And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things says he that has the sharp two-edged sword:

Matthew Henry on Judges 3:13-31

Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. ( b. c. 1336.) 12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord . 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord , the… Read the whole commentary →

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