Judges 3:15
And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years:
Cross References
Judges 2:16And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them,
Judges 4:3And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots set with scythes, and for twenty years had grievously oppressed them.
1 Samuel 10:27But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents, but he dissembled as though he heard not.
2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa did not take notice of the sword, which Joab had, and he struck him in the side, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and gave him not a second wound, and he died. And Joab, and Abisai his brother pursued after Seba the son of Bochri.
1 Chronicles 8:5And Gera, and Sephuphan, and Huram.
2 Chronicles 9:24And every year they brought him presents, vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and mules.
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 →