Judges 3:26

And Ehud escaped during their lingering, and has passed by the images, and escapes to Seirath.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

In Context

25And they stay until confounded, and behold, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and behold, their lord is fallen to the earth—dead.

27And it comes to pass, in his coming in, that he blows with a horn in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go down with him from the hill-country, and he before them;

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:10and dogs eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying”; and he opens the door and flees.

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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