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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:21

‘ And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.'

The king was clearly totally unsuspicious up to this point. Ehud appeared to have no weapon and his movement was not with the sword arm. He probably thought Ehud was being super-cautious and wanting to whisper what he had to say. But he soon learned otherwise, for suddenly a sword appeared and it was thrust into ‘his belly', probably with an upward movement so that it avoided the ribs and pierced the heart. A quick and quiet death was essential.

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֵהוּד֙ אֶת ־יַ֣ד שְׂמֹאלֹ֔ו וַ

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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