Judges 3:15
And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and he raised up to them a saviour, Aod the son of Gera a + 3:15 i. e. Benjamite.son of Jemeni, a man + 3:15 Or, able to use his left hand as his right. q. d. with two right hands.who used both hands alike: and the children of Israel sent gifts by his hand to Eglom king of Moab.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
14And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
Cross References
Judges 2:16And the Lord raised up judges, and the Lord saved them out of the hands of them that spoiled them: and yet they hearkened not to the judges,
Judges 4:3And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, because he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years.
1 Samuel 10:27But evil men said, Who is this man that shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.
2 Samuel 20:10And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his + 20:10 Gr. belly.bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abessai his brother pursued after Sabee the son of Bochori.
1 Chronicles 8:5and Gera, and Sephupham, and Uram.
2 Chronicles 9:24And they brought every one his gifts, silver vessels and golden vessels, and raiment, myrrh and spices, horses and mules, a rate every year.
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 →