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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EHUD , in the See also:

Bible, a " See also:judge " who delivered See also:Israel from the Moabites (Judg. 12-30). He was sent from See also:Ephraim to See also:bear See also:tribute to Eglon See also:king of See also:Moab, who had crossed over the See also:Jordan and seized the See also:district around See also:Jericho. Being, like the Benjamites, See also:left-handed (cf. xx. 16), he was able to conceal a See also:dagger and strike down the king before his intentions were suspected. He locked Eglon in his chamber and escaped. The men from Mt Ephraim collected under his leadership and by seizing the fords of the Jordan were able to cut off the Moabites. He is called the son of See also:Gera a Benjamite, but since both Ehud and Gera are tribal names (2 Sam. xvi. 5, I Chron. viii. 3, 5 sq.) it has been thought that this See also:notice is not genuine. The tribe of See also:Benjamin rarely appears in the old See also:history of the See also:Hebrews before the See also:time of See also:Saul. See further BENJAMIN; See also:JUDGES.

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