Judges 3:26

But, Ehud, escaped while they delayed,—yea, he, passed the images, and escaped into Seirah.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25But, though they tarried a long time, yet lo! he opened not the doors of the parlour,—so they took the key, and opened [them], when lo! their lord, fallen to the ground dead.

27And so it was, when he came, that he blew with a horn, throughout the hill country of Ephraim,—and the sons of Israel came down with him, out of the hill country, he, being before them.

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:10And, as for Jezebel, the dogs shall eat [her], in the town-land of Jezreel, there being none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

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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