Person

Ehud

Male

The son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin (Judg. 3:15). After the death of Othniel the people again fell into idolatry, and Eglon, the king of Moab, uniting his bands with those of the Ammonites and the Amalekites, crossed the Jordan and took the city of Jericho, and for eighteen years held that whole district in subjection, exacting from it an annual tribute. At length Ehud, by a stratagem, put Eglon to death with a two-edged dagger a cubit long, and routed the Moabites at the fords of the Jordan, putting 10,000 of them to death. Thenceforward the land, at least Benjamin, enjoyed rest “for fourscore years” (Judg. 3:12-30). But in the south-west the Philistines reduced the Israelites to great straits (Judg. 5:6). From this oppression Shamgar was raised up to be their deliverer.

Relationships

Children Ahiah, Ahihud, Gera, Naaman, Uzza

Parents Gera

Member of Tribe of Benjamin

Events Deliverance by Ehud

Appears in Judges

Key verses

Judges 3:15

But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

Judges 4:1

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead.

Judges 3:20

Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat.

1 Chronicles 8:6

These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:

Judges 3:21

Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:

Judges 3:16

Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.