On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram's horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader. On arriving in Seirah,Ehud reached a place apparently within or near the hill country of Ephraim after escaping from Moabite territory. From safety, he could summon Israel without alerting Moab’s forces too soon. 1Sa 9:4 So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim…
Jos 17:15 Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people…”…
1Ki 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim…
he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The shofar called the covenant people to gather for action. Ephraim’s rugged highlands provided both a population center and a strategic advantage for mobilizing men against Moab’s occupation. The signal declared that the Lord had opened a way of deliverance. 1Sa 13:3 Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba,…
Num 10:3 When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble…
Jol 2:1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm…
The Israelites came down with him from the hills, Israel responded to Ehud’s summons by leaving the defensible heights and moving together toward the Jordan crossings. Their united obedience turned Ehud’s personal act of courage into a national deliverance. Jdg 4:14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day…
1Sa 14:22 When the Israelites heard the Philistines were fleeing,…
Jdg 7:24 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country…
and he became their leader. God had raised Ehud as judge to lead Israel against its oppressor. His leadership brought the people into battle under God’s provision, anticipating the greater deliverance accomplished by Christ, who leads His people out of bondage and into victory. 1Sa 15:17 And Samuel said, “Although you were once small…
1Sa 11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul…
2Sa 5:2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us,…
Persons / Places / Events 1. EhudA left-handed judge of Israel from the tribe of Benjamin, who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression by assassinating King Eglon. 2. SeirahA location in the hill country of Ephraim where Ehud rallied the Israelites after his escape from Moabite territory. 3. EphraimA significant tribal region in central Israel, known for its strategic hill country, which played a crucial role in Israel's military campaigns. 4. Ram’s Horn (Shofar)A traditional instrument used in Israel for signaling, calling to assembly, or announcing significant events, such as war or religious festivals. 5. IsraelitesThe people of Israel, who were under Moabite oppression and responded to Ehud's call to rise against their oppressors. Teaching Points God's Use of Unlikely LeadersEhud, a left-handed man in a right-handed world, was chosen by God to deliver Israel. God often uses those whom society might overlook to accomplish His purposes. The Power of ObedienceEhud's actions demonstrate the importance of obedience to God's call, even when it involves great personal risk. The Role of Community in God's PlanThe Israelites' response to Ehud's call highlights the importance of unity and collective action in fulfilling God's purposes. Divine Strategy and TimingEhud's strategic use of the ram's horn and the timing of his call to arms show that God's plans are precise and require our attentiveness to His timing. Faith in ActionEhud's leadership and the Israelites' response illustrate the necessity of putting faith into action, trusting God for victory. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Ehud's leadership challenge our understanding of who God can use for His purposes today? 2. In what ways can we be attentive to God's timing and strategy in our own lives, as Ehud was? 3. How does the response of the Israelites to Ehud's call encourage us to participate in God's work as a community? 4. What are some modern "ram's horns" or signals that God might use to call us to action in our spiritual lives? 5. How can we apply the lesson of faith in action from Ehud's account to a current challenge we are facing? Connections to Other Scriptures Joshua 6The use of the ram's horn in the battle of Jericho, illustrating its role in divine intervention and military victory. 1 Samuel 13-14Jonathan's call to arms against the Philistines, showing a similar rallying of Israel for battle. Judges 6Gideon's call to arms against the Midianites, another example of God raising a leader to deliver Israel. | A Distinct Message | Spurgeon, Charles Haddon | Judges 3:12-30 | | A Message from God | W. Rudder, D. D. | Judges 3:12-30 | | A Message from God | J. Cumming, D. D. | Judges 3:12-30 | | A Message from God | J. B. C. Murphy, B. A. | Judges 3:12-30 | | A Sermon Upon Keys | John Mitchell. | Judges 3:12-30 | | Application of the Truth | | Judges 3:12-30 | | Effective Preachers Compared to Ehud | John McNeill. | Judges 3:12-30 | | Ehud: Left-Handedness | J. Parker, D. D. | Judges 3:12-30 | | God's Messages | J. P. Millar. | Judges 3:12-30 | | I have a Message from God unto Thee | T. Raffles, D. D. | Judges 3:12-30 | | Lessons from the Death of Eglon | T. De Witt Talmage. | Judges 3:12-30 | | Sin -- Suffering; Penitence and Deliverance Repeated | J. P. Millar. | Judges 3:12-30 | | The Christian Minister Bearing a Message from God to Man | H. S. Plumptre, M. A. | Judges 3:12-30 | | The Gospel Message | D. Johnston, D. D. | Judges 3:12-30 | | The Gospel Message | E. Cooper, M. A. | Judges 3:12-30 | | The Summer Parlour | W.F. Bishop. | Judges 3:12-30 | | Unexpected Perils | S. Baring-Gould, M. A. | Judges 3:12-30 |
People Amalek, Amalekites, Ammonites, Amorites, Anath, Aram, Canaanites, Chushanrishathaim, Chushan-rishathaim, Eglon, Ehud, Gera, Hittites, Hivite, Hivites, Israelites, Jebusites, Kenaz, Moabites, Othniel, Perizzites, Shamgar, Sidonians, ZidoniansPlaces Canaan, Gilgal, Jordan River, Lebanon, Lebo-hamath, Mesopotamia, Moab, Mount Baal-hermon, SeirahTopics Arrived, Blew, Bloweth, Ephraim, E'phraim, Front, Hill, Hill-country, Hills, Horn, Israelites, Leading, Mount, Mountain, Pass, Sons, Sounded, TrumpetDictionary of Bible Themes Judges 3:27 4245 hills
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Few people really are and do their best. Nature has blessed a few with great talents and abilities. These persons often become proud, self-centered, and feel themselves to be superior, and for that reason many times they fail to make the proper use of their abilities. How often are they used in a bad or foolish way, so that what might be a blessing to the world fails to be such! There are many others who realize they do not possess these natural gifts. They look upon those who have them, and envy …
Charles Wesley Naylor—Heart TalksGifts and Talents.
"And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him."--Judges iii. 10. We now consider the Holy Spirit's work in bestowing gifts, talents, and abilities upon artisans and professional men. Scripture declares that the special animation and qualification of persons for work assigned to them by God proceed from the Holy Spirit. The construction of the tabernacle required capable workmen, skilful carpenters, goldsmiths, and silversmiths, and masters in the arts of weaving and embroidering. Who will furnish Moses …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit Whether Baptism Should Take Away the Penalties of Sin that Belong to this Life?
Objection 1: It seems that Baptism should take away the penalties of sin that belong to this life. For as the Apostle says (Rom. 5:15), the gift of Christ is farther-reaching than the sin of Adam. But through Adam's sin, as the Apostle says (Rom. 5:12), "death entered into this world," and, consequently, all the other penalties of the present life. Much more, therefore, should man be freed from the penalties of the present life, by the gift of Christ which is received in Baptism. Objection 2: Further, …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica "This Then is the Message which we have Heard of Him, and Declare unto You, that God is Light,"
1 John i. 5.--"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light," &c. The great design of the gospel is to make up the breach of man's joy, and open up the way to the fulness of it, and therefore it is the good news and glad tidings of great joy, the only best message that ever came to the world. Now it shows unto us the channel that this river of gladness and joy runs into, it discovers what is the way of the conveyance of it to the soul, and what are …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Whether the Old Law Enjoined Fitting Precepts Concerning Rulers?
Objection 1: It would seem that the Old Law made unfitting precepts concerning rulers. Because, as the Philosopher says (Polit. iii, 4), "the ordering of the people depends mostly on the chief ruler." But the Law contains no precept relating to the institution of the chief ruler; and yet we find therein prescriptions concerning the inferior rulers: firstly (Ex. 18:21): "Provide out of all the people wise [Vulg.: 'able'] men," etc.; again (Num. 11:16): "Gather unto Me seventy men of the ancients of …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica The Country of Jericho, and the Situation of the City.
Here we will borrow Josephus' pencil, "Jericho is seated in a plain, yet a certain barren mountain hangs over it, narrow, indeed, but long; for it runs out northward to the country of Scythopolis,--and southward, to the country of Sodom, and the utmost coast of the Asphaltites." Of this mountain mention is made, Joshua 2:22, where the two spies, sent by Joshua, and received by Rahab, are said to "conceal themselves." "Opposite against this, lies a mountain on the other side Jordan, beginning from …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The Prophecy of Obadiah.
We need not enter into details regarding the question as to the time when the prophet wrote. By a thorough argumentation, Caspari has proved, that he occupies his right position in the Canon, and hence belongs to the earliest age of written prophecy, i.e., to the time of Jeroboam II. and Uzziah. As bearing conclusively against those who would assign to him a far later date, viz., the time of the exile, there is not only the indirect testimony borne by the place which this prophecy occupies in …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament The Doctrine of Angels.
I. THEIR EXISTENCE. 1. THE TEACHING OF JESUS. 2. THE TEACHING OF THE APOSTLES. II. THEIR NATURE. 1. CREATED BEINGS. 2. SPIRITUAL BEINGS. 3. GREAT POWER AND MIGHT. 4. VARIOUS GRADES. 5. THE NUMBER OF ANGELS. III. THE FALL OF ANGELS. 1. TIME AND CAUSE. 2. THE WORK OF FALLEN ANGELS. 3. THE JUDGMENT OF FALLEN ANGELS. IV. THE WORK OF ANGELS. 1. THEIR HEAVENLY MINISTRY. 2. THEIR EARTHLY MINISTRY. a) In Relation to the Believer. b) In Relation to Christ's Second Coming. THE DOCTRINE OF ANGELS. We are not …
Rev. William Evans—The Great Doctrines of the Bible Judges
For the understanding of the early history and religion of Israel, the book of Judges, which covers the period from the death of Joshua to the beginning of the struggle with the Philistines, is of inestimable importance; and it is very fortunate that the elements contributed by the later editors are so easily separated from the ancient stories whose moral they seek to point. That moral is most elaborately stated in ii. 6-iii. 6, which is a sort of programme or preface to iii. 7-xvi. 31, which constitutes …
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