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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Ehud. Every Ehud in the Bible

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    Ehud

    אֵהוּד

    Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, was a judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression by assassinating King Eglon and leading a victory over Moab.

    verses
    8
    first named
    Judges 3:15
    last named
    1 Chronicles 8:6
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Benjamin

    Description

    Who was Ehud?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ehud was a left-handed Benjamite who served as a judge and deliverer of Israel during the period of the judges. His story is primarily recorded in Jdg.3.12-30, with brief mentions in Jdg.4.1 and 1Ch.8.6.

    After the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord, God allowed Eglon, the king of Moab, to conquer and oppress them for eighteen years. When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for deliverance, God raised up Ehud as their deliverer (Jdg.3.12-15).

    Ehud is described as a left-handed man, which is significant because it allowed him to conceal a double-edged sword on his right thigh without arousing suspicion. He was sent to deliver tribute to King Eglon, who is portrayed as a very fat man (Jdg.3.16-17).

    After presenting the tribute, Ehud returned to Eglon, claiming to have a secret message for him. When Eglon dismissed his attendants, Ehud approached him and declared, "I have a message from God for you" (Jdg.3.18-20). He then drew his concealed sword with his left hand and thrust it into Eglon's belly, killing him (Jdg.3.21-22).

    Ehud escaped, locking the doors of the upper room behind him. He then rallied the Israelites, who seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab and struck down about 10,000 Moabites. This victory brought peace to the land for eighty years (Jdg.3.23-30).

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ehud10 of 10 entities the graph connects to Ehud, in 2 groups: kinship 6, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.GeraChild of · 3 versesAhihudFather of · 1 verseAhijahFather of · 1 verseGeraFather of · 1 verseNaamanFather of · 1 verseUzzaFather of · 1 verseKinshipIsrael5 events · 2,578 versesEglon4 events · 4 versesShamgar1 event · 2 versesSeirah2 events · 1 verseEventsEhud

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Ehud happensThe one place the claims about Ehud reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Seirah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ehud there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Seirah
    before Israel's MonarchyThe one place the claims about Ehud reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 8, across 2 books. The name is written 9 times in them.

    1. Judges7 verses

      3:153:163:203:213:233:264:1

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      8:6

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via GeraGera’s exile of Descendants Of EhudGera’s exile of Descendants Of Ehud is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via GeraAhiramSon of Benjamin, founder of the Ahiramite clanvia GeraArdSon of Benjamin, brother of Belavia GeraAshbelSon of Benjamin, founder of the Ashbelite clanvia GeraBecherSon of Benjamin, listed among those who entered Egypt.via GeraBelaSon of Benjamin, head of the Belaite clanvia GeraBenjaminYoungest son of Jacob and Rachelvia GeraHuppimA descendant of Benjamin.via GeraJediaelSon of Benjamin, head of a clan

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