Judges 3:26

Judges 3:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
• New International Version (NIV)While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the idols and escaped to Seirah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah.

Context of Judges 3:26

24After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said. 25So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor. Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah. 27On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader. 28“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.

Judges 3:26 word by word

וְאֵה֥וּד נִמְלַ֖ט עַ֣ד הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑ם וְהוּא֙ עָבַ֣ר אֶת־הַפְּסִילִ֔ים וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָה׃Read the interlinear

• Ehud, howeverאֵהוּד'êhûd · EhudH164
• had escapedמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• whileעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the servants waitedמָהַהּmâhahh · to delayH4102
• Heהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• passed byעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the idolsפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456
• to Seirahשְׂעִירָהώe‛îyrâh · SeirahH8167

Cross-references for Judges 3:26

• Judges 3:19But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

Commentaries on Judges 3:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Passed beyond the quarries - Beyond the pesilim, which appear to have been the Moabitish borders, where they had set up those hewn stones as landmarks, or sacred boundary stones.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Seirath - “The forest” or “weald,” which evidently bordered on the cultivated plain near Gilgal, and extended into “the mountain or hill country of Ephraim.” Once there, he was safe from pursuit (compare 1 Samuel 13:6), and quickly collected a strong force of Ephraimires and probably the bordering Benjamites.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened, and Moab strengthened against them. If lesser troubles do not do the work, God will send greater. When Israel prays again, God raises up Ehud. As a judge, or minister of Divine justice, Ehud put to death Eglon, the king of Moab, and thus executed the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Seirah is not well-known, but it was reachable from the hill country. Ephraim and Benjamin could gather there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2621-26. Ehud put forth his left hand--The whole circumstance of this daring act--the death of Eglon without a shriek, or noise--the locking of the doors--the carrying off the key--the calm, unhurried deportment of Ehud--show the strength of his confidence that he was doing God service.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 3:26

• Deception
• Eglon
• Gilgal
• Israel
• Judge
• Quarries
• Seirath

In the dictionaries

• Close
• Dirt
• Ehud
• Errand
• Moabite
• Rest
• Secret
• Seirath
• Abdon (1)
• Beyond

Commentaries on Judges 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary