Judges 3:11-15

11 So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Ehud

12 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and because they did this evil the LORD gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel.

13 Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.^[a]

14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.

15 Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

Judges 3:11-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 3

This chapter gives an account of the nations left in Canaan to prove Israel, and who became a snare unto them, Jud 3:1-7; and of the servitude of Israel under the king of Mesopotamia for their sins, from which they were delivered by Othniel, Jud 3:8-11; and of their subjection to the Moabites, from which they were freed by Ehud, who privately assassinated the king of Moab, and then made his escape, Jud 3:12-30; and of the destruction of a large number of Philistines by Shamgar, with an ox goad, Jud 3:31.

Cross References

• 1. ver 30; S Joshua 14:15; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28
• 2. S Exodus 16:35
• 3. S Joshua 15:17
• 4. S Judges 2:11,14
• 5. 1 Samuel 12:9
• 6. S Genesis 19:38; Judges 10:11
• 7. S Genesis 14:7
• 8. S Judges 1:16
• 9. Jeremiah 48:1
• 10. S ver 9; Psalms 78:34; Psalms 107:13
• 11. ver 16; Judges 4:1
• 12. Judges 20:16; 1 Chronicles 12:2
• 13. ver 17,18; 2 Samuel 8:2,6; 1 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 17:3; Esther 10:1; Psalms 68:29; Psalms 72:10; Psalms 89:22; Ecclesiastes 2:8; Isaiah 60:5; Hosea 10:6

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, Jericho