Ehud אֵהוּד

A judge. Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, was a judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression by assassinating King Eglon and leading a victory over Moab.

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Where Ehud appears

Judges (7), 1 Chronicles (1)

Key verses

• Judges 3:15 first mention — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
• Judges 3:16 — 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.
• Judges 3:20 — And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
• Judges 3:21 — And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
• Judges 3:23 — Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
• Judges 3:26 — And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
• Judges 4:1 — And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
• 1 Chronicles 8:6 — And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.