Ehud
the name means united Strong's Lexicon
Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, was a judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression by assassinating King Eglon and leading a victory over Moab.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Union. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:10), his great-grandson.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Gera
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Judges 3:15.
Verses that name Ehud
- Judges 3:15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Judges 3:16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
- Judges 3:20 Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
- Judges 3:21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
- Judges 3:23 Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
- Judges 3:26 Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
- Judges 4:1 After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 8:6 These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath: