Judges 3:21 Meaning and Explanation
“And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:”
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Read Full Chapter →Ehud drew the hidden dagger with his left hand and drove it into the king.
What Does Judges 3:21 Mean?
The hidden plan unfolds in a single swift motion. Ehud reaches with his left hand to the blade strapped on his right thigh, the very arrangement that escaped suspicion, and strikes Eglon down. The deliverance long awaited comes in an instant.
The narrative does not glory in the violence but records it as the means by which Israel's eighteen-year bondage is broken. In the moral world of this book, the tyrant who crushed God's people meets the judgment his cruelty had earned. The LORD, slow to anger, does at last bring down the proud and lift the oppressed, and the careful preparation of His servant becomes the instrument of that justice.
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What does Judges 3:21 mean?
Ehud drew the hidden dagger with his left hand and drove it into the king.