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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 3:15 - 3:15
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Ehud the son of Gera - descended from Gera, one of Benjamin’s sons (Gen 46:21).
left-handed - This peculiarity distinguished many in the Benjamite tribe (Jdg 20:16). 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 (Jdg 3:18) by several messengers.