Judges 3:15 BSB — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer - The very same words as are used at Jdg 3:9. See, too, Jdg 2:16, Jdg 2:18, and Neh 9:27. Ehud “the Benjamite” was of the family or house of Gera 2Sa 16:5, the son of Bela, Benjamin’s first-born, born before Jacob’s descent into Egypt Gen 46:21, and then included among “the sons of Benjamin.” The genealogy in 1Ch 8:6 intimates that Ehud (apparently written Abihud in Jdg 3:3) became the head of a separate house. Left-handed - See the margin.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The present is called mincha in the original, which is the word used in the law for the offerings that were presented to God to obtain his favour; these the children of Israel had not offered in their season to the God that loved them; and now, to punish them for their neglect, they are laid under a necessity of bringing their offerings to a heathen prince that hated them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the original word is rendered in some versions "both-handed," a view countenanced by 1Ch 12:2. by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab--the yearly tribute, which, according to Eastern fashion, would be borne with ostentatious ceremony and offered (Jud 3:18) by several messengers.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ	vai.yiz.'a.Ku	and they cried out	H2199 →
בְנֵֽי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֮	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָה֒	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיָּקֶם֩	vai.ya.Kem	and he raised up	H6965 →
יְהוָ֨ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לָהֶ֜ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ	mo.Shi.a'	a deliverer	H3467 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֵה֤וּד	'e.Hud	Ehud	H164 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
גֵּרָא֙	ge.Ra'	Gera	H1617 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] Ben-	H1145 →
הַיְמִינִ֔י	hay.mi.Ni	<the> jaminite	H1145 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	a man	H376 →
אִטֵּ֖ר	'i.Ter	impeded	H334 →
יַד־	yad-	[the] hand of	H3027 →
יְמִינ֑וֹ	ye.mi.No	right his	H3225 →
וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ	vai.yish.le.Chu	and they sent	H7971 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בְּיָדוֹ֙	be.ya.Do	by hand his	H3027 →
מִנְחָ֔ה	min.Chah	tribute	H4503 →
לְעֶגְל֖וֹן	le.'eg.Lon	to Eglon	H5700 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
מוֹאָֽב׃	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:12
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Isaiah 65:24
  Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Isaiah 48:6
  You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Through
Judges 3:9
But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
leads to
- Judges 4:3
  Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 22:5
  They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
Through
Psalms 78:34
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
leads to
- Hosea 5:15
  Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

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