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Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The dagger went so deep that the handle disappeared beneath the king’s fat. So Ehud did not pull out the dagger, and the king’s bowels emptied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Even the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and his entrails came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The hilt <i>of the sword</i> also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade because he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, because Ehud did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even the handle went in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And the waste came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even the handle went in after the blade, and Eglon&#8217s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon&#8217s insides came out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Even the handle went in after the blade. Eglon's fat covered the blade because Ehud didn't pull the dagger out. The blade stuck out in back. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The whole sword went in, handle and all, and the fat covered it up. Ehud did not pull it out of the king's belly, and it stuck out behind, between his legs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The hilt also penetrated along with the sword blade, and Eglon's fat closed in over the blade. Because he did not withdraw the sword from Eglon's abdomen, the sword point exited from Eglon's entrails. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon?s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon?s bowels emptied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the haft also entered after the blade: and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the hilt also goes in after the blade, and the fat shuts on the blade, that he has not drawn the sword out of his belly, and he goes out [through] the antechamber [[or and the dung came out]].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the handle will also go in after the flame, and the fat will shut upon the flame, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />so strongly that the handle followed the blade into the wound, and was enclosed by the great amount of fat. Neither did he withdraw the sword. Instead, he left it in the body just as he had struck with it. And immediately, by the private parts of nature, the filth of the bowels went out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade because he did not withdraw the dagger from the body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, because he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and he went out hastily.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And his upper belly came after his wound and the fat stopped the wound, because he did not pull the sword from his belly, and he went out quickly<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and it came out behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/3-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=809" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Ehud</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Even</a> <a href="/hebrew/5325.htm" title="5325: han·niṣ·ṣāḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Haft, hilt (of a sword). Passive participle of natsab; fixed, i.e. A handle.">the handle</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">sank in</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥar (Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/3851.htm" title="3851: hal·la·haḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Flame, blade. From an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon.">the blade,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2459.htm" title="2459: ha·ḥê·leḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Or cheleb; from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part.">and Eglon’s fat</a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: way·yis·gōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">closed in</a> <a href="/hebrew/1157.htm" title="1157: bə·‘aḏ (Prep) -- From ad with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3851.htm" title="3851: hal·la·haḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Flame, blade. From an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of a weapon.">it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">so that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Ehud did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8025.htm" title="8025: šā·lap̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To draw out or off. A primitive root; to pull out, up or off.">withdraw</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ha·ḥe·reḇ (Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/990.htm" title="990: mib·biṭ·nōw (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.">from his belly.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6574.htm" title="6574: hap·par·šə·ḏō·nāh (Art:: N-ms:: 3fs) -- Perhaps crotch. Perhaps by compounding parash and parad; the crotch.">And Eglon’s bowels</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">emptied.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm">1 Samuel 17:51</a></span><br />David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/20-10.htm">2 Samuel 20:10</a></span><br />Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24</a></span><br />Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">2 Kings 9:27</a></span><br />When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-29.htm">2 Kings 23:29</a></span><br />During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-34.htm">1 Kings 2:34</a></span><br />So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-28.htm">1 Kings 18:28</a></span><br />So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-23.htm">2 Chronicles 35:23</a></span><br />There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-15.htm">Psalm 37:15</a></span><br />But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-6.htm">Isaiah 34:6</a></span><br />The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-49.htm">Matthew 27:49</a></span><br />But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-19.htm">Mark 15:19</a></span><br />They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-46.htm">Luke 23:46</a></span><br />Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-34.htm">John 19:34</a></span><br />Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Acts 12:23</a></span><br />Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.</p><p class="hdg">the dirt came out.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/3-21.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-25.htm">Blade</a> <a href="/judges/3-21.htm">Body</a> <a href="/joshua/2-5.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/judges/3-21.htm">Dagger</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">Dirt</a> <a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/joshua/18-17.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/judges/3-21.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/judges/3-21.htm">Ehud</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Handle</a> <a href="/joshua/15-4.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-12.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/numbers/21-18.htm">Sank</a> <a href="/joshua/6-1.htm">Shutteth</a> <a href="/judges/3-21.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/job/31-22.htm">Blade</a> <a href="/judges/8-30.htm">Body</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/judges/3-16.htm">Dagger</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Dirt</a> <a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/judges/4-7.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/judges/8-10.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Ehud</a> <a href="/judges/4-18.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Handle</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/judges/5-27.htm">Sank</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Shutteth</a> <a href="/judges/3-29.htm">Sword</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-1.htm">The nations which were left to prove Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-5.htm">By communion with them they commit idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-8.htm">Othniel delivered them from Chushan-Rishathaim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Ehud from Eglon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-31.htm">and Shamgar from the Philistines</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Even the handle sank in after the blade</b><br>This phrase highlights the depth and force with which Ehud thrust the sword into King Eglon. The detail emphasizes the completeness of the act, suggesting Ehud's determination and the divine empowerment behind his mission. The act of the handle sinking in signifies the totality of the judgment against Eglon, a Moabite king oppressing Israel. This event is a turning point, symbolizing the deliverance of Israel from Moabite domination.<p><b>and Eglon’s fat closed in over it</b><br>Eglon's obesity is mentioned to underscore the decadence and corruption of his reign. In ancient Near Eastern culture, obesity in a ruler could symbolize excess and indulgence, contrasting with the lean, oppressed Israelites. This detail also serves to highlight the miraculous nature of Ehud's victory, as it was not through conventional strength or military might but through cunning and divine intervention.<p><b>so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly</b><br>Ehud's decision not to retrieve the sword may indicate the urgency of his escape or the completeness of his mission. It also reflects the irreversible nature of God's judgment on Eglon. This act can be seen as a foreshadowing of the finality of divine justice, where once God's will is enacted, it is absolute and unchangeable.<p><b>And Eglon’s bowels emptied</b><br>This graphic detail serves to underscore the humiliation and total defeat of Eglon. In the cultural context, such a description would highlight the disgrace of the king, as bodily functions were often associated with shame. This moment also signifies the purging of evil and corruption from Israel, as Eglon's death leads to the liberation of the Israelites. Theologically, it can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over sin and death, where the enemies of God's people are utterly defeated.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ehud.htm">Ehud</a></b><br>A left-handed judge of Israel from the tribe of Benjamin, chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Moabite oppression.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eglon.htm">Eglon</a></b><br>The king of Moab, who oppressed Israel for eighteen years. He is described as a very fat man.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation east of Israel, which, under King Eglon, subjugated the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_chamber.htm">The Chamber</a></b><br>The private upper room where Ehud met Eglon under the pretense of delivering a secret message from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god_uses_the_unlikely.htm">God Uses the Unlikely</a></b><br>Ehud's left-handedness, considered a disadvantage, was used by God for a strategic advantage. God often uses what the world sees as weakness to accomplish His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_obedience.htm">Courage in Obedience</a></b><br>Ehud's boldness in carrying out God's plan, even at great personal risk, demonstrates the importance of courage in following God's call.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_deliverance.htm">Divine Deliverance</a></b><br>The account of Ehud and Eglon reminds us that God is the ultimate deliverer, capable of freeing His people from oppression in unexpected ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Israel's subjugation under Eglon was a result of their disobedience to God, highlighting the importance of faithfulness to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_the_moses_model_lead_churches.htm">How does the Moses Model structure church leadership?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_king_eglon's_death_exaggerated.htm">Could the graphic details of King Eglon's death (Judges 3:21-25) be historically accurate or are they exaggerated?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_church_leadership.htm">What is the meaning of Galatians 6:2?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_empower_ehud,_an_assassin.htm">Why does Judges 3:12-15 depict God empowering an assassin (Ehud) if murder is condemned elsewhere in scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">The haft also went in after the blade.</span>--The tremendous violence of the blow marks that resoluteness of character which Ehud shows throughout. The Hebrew for "blade" is "flame," as the LXX. here render it. It is as though the vivid narrator would make us see the flash of the dagger ere it is buried, hilt and all, in the huge body. So in <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm" title="The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble on their corpses:">Nahum 3:3</a> we have, "The horseman lifteth up the flame of the sword and the lightning of the spear." The only other passage where the word occurs is to describe the polished head of the spear of Goliath (<a href="/1_samuel/17-7.htm" title="And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.">1Samuel 17:7</a>).<p><span class= "bld">So that he could not draw the dagger out.</span>--Thus he had disarmed himself by the force of his own blow; but the original only says, "for he did not draw the dagger out."<p><span class= "bld">And the dirt came out.</span>--The meaning of this clause is excessively doubtful, because the Hebrew word rendered "dirt" (<span class= "ital">parsedonah</span>) occurs here and here only. (1) Our E.V. follows the Chaldee and the Vulgate with the alternative rendering (2) "it came out at the fundament" (<span class= "ital">marg.</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>which is the view of Gesenius. The Jews were themselves uncertain of the meaning and even in Rabbi Tanchum's commentary we find that some understood it to mean (3) "he (Ehud) ran out into the gallery." (4) A fourth guess--that of the Syriac version--is, "he went out hastily." The LXX. omit it altogether, either because they thought that they were consulting propriety--a tendency which they constantly show--or because they could not rightly explain it. The resemblance of the word <span class= "ital">parsedonah </span>to the word <span class= "ital">misder?nah </span>("porch"), in the next clause, is certainly in favour of its meaning some part of the house. Ewald renders it, "he rushed out into the gallery," which runs round the roof. He refers to <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm" title="Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.">Ezekiel 42:5</a>. To understand it more exactly, we should require to know the structure of the house. Following the analogy of other Eastern houses, as described by Shaw, it seems that Eglon's <span class= "ital">alijah </span>was a separate building (<span class= "ital">domation, </span>Jos.), or part of a building, with one door opening on a balcony, and another on a private staircase and closet (<a href="/judges/3-24.htm" title="When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber.">Judges 3:24</a>). It was an <span class= "ital">inner </span>room, and its outer door communicated with the house.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The haft</span>, etc. Ehud, feeling the necessity of killing Eglon at one blow, plunged the dagger into his body with such force that the handle went in with the blade, and he was unable to draw it out. Leaving it, therefore, buried in his fat, he <span class="accented">went out</span> at once into the <span class="accented">parshedon</span>, or antechamber, for so it is best to render the last words of the verse, and thence into the <span class="accented">misederon</span>, the outer porch, having first locked the door of the summer chamber. The words <span class="accented">parshedon</span> and <span class="accented">misederon</span> occur only here, and the former is very variously rendered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/3-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Even</span><br /><span class="heb">גַֽם־</span> <span class="translit">(ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the handle</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנִּצָּ֜ב</span> <span class="translit">(han·niṣ·ṣāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5325.htm">Strong's 5325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Haft, hilt (of a sword)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sank in</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֨א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blade,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלַּ֗הַב</span> <span class="translit">(hal·la·haḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3851.htm">Strong's 3851: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Eglon’s fat</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֵ֙לֶב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥê·leḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2459.htm">Strong's 2459: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fat, richest, choice part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">closed in</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסְגֹּ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·gōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1157.htm">Strong's 1157: </a> </span><span class="str2">In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלַּ֔הַב</span> <span class="translit">(hal·la·haḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3851.htm">Strong's 3851: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ehud did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">withdraw</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁלַ֛ף</span> <span class="translit">(šā·lap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8025.htm">Strong's 8025: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull out, up, off</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sword</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֶ֖רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from his belly.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבִּטְנ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mib·biṭ·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_990.htm">Strong's 990: </a> </span><span class="str2">The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And Eglon’s bowels</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽפַּרְשְׁדֹֽנָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hap·par·šə·ḏō·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6574.htm">Strong's 6574: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps crotch</span><br /><br /><span class="word">emptied.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּצֵ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/3-22.htm">Judges 3:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/3-22.htm">OT History: Judges 3:22 And the haft also went in after (Jd Judg. 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