Dict: smith - EHUD

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EHUD - E>@ - (union). Ehud son of Bilhah, and great-grandson of Benjamin the patriarch. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:10 kjv@1Chronicles:8:6) Ehud son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, kjv@Judges:3:15) the second judge of the Israelites. (B.C. about 1370.) In the Bible he is not called a judge, but a deliverer (l.c.): so Othniel, kjv@Judges:3:9) and all the Judges. kjv@Nehemiah:9:27) As a Benjamite he was specially chosen to destroy Eglon, who had established himself in Jericho, which was included in the boundaries of that tribe. He was very strong, and left-handed. EGLON