Judges 3:27

27 And when he arrived he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the {Israelites} went down from the hill country with him leading them.

Judges 3:27 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 3:27

And it came to pass, when he was come,
That is, to Seirath, ( Judges 3:26 ) , in the tribe of Ephraim:

that be blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim;
which being an high mountain, the sound of the trumpet was heard afar off; and if Ehud's design was known to the Israelites, what he intended to do, this might be the token agreed on, should he succeed, to call them together, see ( Jeremiah 31:6 ) ;

and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he
before them;
being there assembled together, and which might be the place before appointed for their rendezvous, and where and when he took the command of them, and went before them as their general.

Judges 3:27 In-Context

25 And they waited so long they became embarrassed because he did not open the doors of the upper room. So they took the key and opened [the doors], and there their lord was lying on the ground dead.

26 And Ehud escaped while they delayed. He passed by the sculptured stones and escaped to Seirah.

27 And when he arrived he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the {Israelites} went down from the hill country with him leading them.

28 And he said to them, "Follow after me! Yahweh has given Moab your enemies into your hand." So they went down after him, and they captured the fords of the Jordan toward Moab; and they did not allow anyone to cross over.

29 And they struck Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, {all strong and able men}; no one escaped.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"