Ehud

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ehud
     union. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:10), his
     great-grandson.
     
       (2.) The son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin (Judg. 3:15).
     After the death of Othniel the people again fell into idolatry,


     and Eglon, the king of Moab, uniting his bands with those of the
     Ammonites and the Amalekites, crossed the Jordan and took the
     city of Jericho, and for eighteen years held that whole district
     in subjection, exacting from it an annual tribute. At length
     Ehud, by a stratagem, put Eglon to death with a two-edged dagger
     a cubit long, and routed the Moabites at the fords of the
     Jordan, putting 10,000 of them to death. Thenceforward the land,
     at least Benjamin, enjoyed rest "for fourscore years" (Judg.
     3:12-30). (See {QUARRIES} [2].) But in the south-west
     the Philistines reduced the Israelites to great straits (Judg.
     5:6). From this oppression Shamgar was raised up to be their
     deliverer.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ehud, he that praises