Judges 3:26
in Judges 3Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
KJV
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
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This verse in Judges 3
Commentary
6 notes on this versePassed beyond the quarries - Beyond the pesilim, which appear to have been the Moabitish borders, where they had set up those hewn stones as landmarks, or sacred boundary stones.
This site's exposition
Ehud, however, had escaped
on Judges 3:26-28
Ehud claims what verse 10 claimed for Othniel, "the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand", before a blow is struck. Seizing "the fords of the Jordan" cuts Moab off from home, and the same crossings are held against Ephraim at 12:5.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Ehud escaped while they tarried,....
There where he had settled himself, and thought he had sufficiently fortified himself to lord it over the people of God, there he was cut off, and proved to be fed for the slaughter like a lamb in a large place.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Ehud put forth his left hand--The whole circumstance of this daring act--the death of Eglon without a shriek, or noise--the locking of the doors--the carrying off the key--the calm, unhurried deportment of Ehud--show the strength of his confidence that he was doing God service.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Seirath - “The forest” or “weald,” which evidently bordered on the cultivated plain near Gilgal, and extended into “the mountain or hill country of Ephraim.” Once there, he was safe from pursuit (compare 1Sa 13:6), and quickly collected a strong force of Ephraimires and probably the bordering Benjamites.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵה֥וּד | veehud | and Ehud | H164 → | 9 times |
| נִמְלַ֖ט | nimlat | he escaped | H4422 → | 95 times |
| עַ֣ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑ם | hitmahmeham | delayed they | H4102 → | |
| וְהוּא֙ | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| עָבַ֣ר | ʾavar | he passed by | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפְּסִילִ֔ים | hapesilim | the idols | H6456 → | |
| וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט | vaiyimalet | and he escaped | H4422 → | 95 times |
| הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָה׃ | haseiratah | <the> Seirah towards | H8167 → |
וְאֵה֥וּדand Ehud
veehudH164 →9 times
נִמְלַ֖טhe escaped
nimlatH4422 →95 times
עַ֣דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑םdelayed they
hitmahmehamH4102 →
וְהוּא֙and he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
עָבַ֣רhe passed by
ʾavarH5674 →556 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַפְּסִילִ֔יםthe idols
hapesilimH6456 →
וַיִּמָּלֵ֖טand he escaped
vaiyimaletH4422 →95 times
הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָה׃<the> Seirah towards
haseiratahH8167 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.