Judges 3:26-31

26 While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah.

27 When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.

28 “Follow me,” he ordered, “for the LORD has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over.

29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped.

30 That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.

Shamgar

31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.

Judges 3:26-31 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. S Leviticus 25:9; Judges 6:34; Judges 7:18; 2 Samuel 2:28; Isaiah 18:3; Jeremiah 42:14; 1 Samuel 13:3
• 2. S Genesis 19:37
• 3. S Joshua 2:24; S Judges 1:2; Judges 7:9,15
• 4. S Numbers 13:29; S Joshua 2:7; Judges 7:24; Judges 12:5
• 5. S Genesis 36:35
• 6. S ver 11
• 7. Judges 5:6
• 8. S Joshua 23:10
• 9. Joshua 13:2; Judges 10:11; Judges 13:1; 1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 31:1; 2 Samuel 8:1; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1