Ehud

The judges of Israel
Book of Judges Otniël, son of Kenas Ehud, son of Gera Shamgar, son of Anat Debora Barak, son of Abinoam Gideon Abimelech Tola Jaïr Jiftach Ibzan of Bethlehem Elon Abdon, son of Hillel Samson, son of Manoach 1. Book of Samuel Eli Samuel

Ehud ( Hebrew אֵהוּד ˒ēhûd ) is a person from the Old Testament . He is the second of 14 judges named in the Book of Judges . The biblical account of his work can be found in Ri 3,12f  EU .

There is another Ehud in the Bible, a descendant of Benjamin, the son of Bilhan ( 1 Chr 7,10  EU ).

history

At the time of the judges, when Eglon was king of Moab , the Israelites had to serve him for 18 years because they had fallen away from YHWH and served the Baals . Eglon and his allies, the Ammonites and the Amalekites , marched against Israel and captured Jericho . YHWH raised up Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjaminite , to be their savior. Ehud used a ruse and brought a present to King Eglon. He was left-handed and carried the dagger on his right, which was not noticed. During a secret conversation with Eglon he stuck his dagger, which he had hidden on the right side, in the stomach of the king and disappeared unnoticed. In Seira on the mountains of Ephraim he called the people of war with a trumpet. They went down to the Jordan , secured the fords and defeated the Moabites, a total of 10,000 men.

• Otniel was the first judge of Israel and the land had 40 years of rest.
• Ehud was the second judge and Israel had 80 years of rest.
• Shamgar , the son of Anat, was the next judge.

See also

• Ehud (name)

literature

• Andreas Scherer :  Ehud. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (eds.): The scientific biblical lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff., Accessed on February 25, 2009.
• Karl-August Wirth: Ehud and Eglon. In: Real Lexicon on German Art History . Vol. 4, 1956, Col. 885-894.
• Baruch Halpern / John F. Kutsko:  Ehud (person) 1 + 2 . In: Anchor Bible Dictionary (ABD). Volume 2, Doubleday, New York / London 1992, ISBN 0-385-19360-2 , p. 414.

Web links

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Individual proof

1. ↑ John F. Kutsko:  Ehud (person) 2 . In: Anchor Bible Dictionary (ABD). Volume 2, Doubleday, New York / London 1992, ISBN 0-385-19360-2 , p. 414.

predecessor	Office	successor
Otniel	Judge	Shamgar