Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 3:15
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Judges3:15
15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera , a Benjamite , a man left handed ; and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Heb. the son of Iemini, who was of the Tribe of Benjamin, 2 Sam. 16. 11. and 19. 17. 1 King 2. 8. This Tribe was next to him, and doubtless most Afflicted by him; and hence God raiseth a Deliverer.
Which is here noted, partly, as a mark of his Courage, and Strength, and Activity: See Iudg. 20. 16. and principally, as a considerable Circumstance in the following Story, whereby he might more advantagiously and unsuspectedly give the deadly blow.
Marginal references: Heb. a sa[illegible: 1+ letters] our.; Or, the s[illegible: 1+ letters] of Jemini.; Heb. shut [illegible: 1 word] his right hand▪
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