Ehud

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Ehud is a biblical judge and deliverer of Israel known for assassinating the Moabite king Eglon in the Book of Judges.

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Label Occurrences
Ehud canonical 5

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament character
biblical figure
deliverer of Israel
judge of Israel
appearsInChapter Judges 3
associatedWithTheme God using unexpected instruments
divine deliverance
battleLocation fords of the Jordan
blewTrumpetIn Mount Ephraim
surface form: hill country of Ephraim
broughtToEglon tribute
canonicalStatus canonical biblical character
carriedWeaponOn right thigh
claimedMessageFrom God
consequence eighty years of rest for Israel
describedAs left-handed
escapedFrom Eglon’s upper room
ethnicity Israelites
surface form: Israelite
father Gera
fledTo Seirah
gender male
handedness left-handed
killed Eglon
knownFor assassinating King Eglon of Moab
delivering Israel from Moabite oppression
languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
ledAttackAgainst Moabites
mentionedIn Judges
surface form: Book of Judges

Bible
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
opponent Eglon
Moabites
opponentNation Moab
rallied Israelites
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
resultedIn Moab subdued under the hand of Israel
slaughter of about ten thousand Moabites
role assassin of Eglon
judge
military leader
scripturalReference Judges 3:12–30
sentBy Israelites
timePeriod period of the Judges
tribe Tribe of Benjamin
weaponLength a cubit
weaponUsed double-edged sword

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judges featuresCharacter Ehud
subject surface form: Book of Judges
Othniel succeededBy Ehud
Ehud Barak givenName Ehud
Ehud Olmert givenName Ehud
Ehud Netzer givenName Ehud