And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
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Gill's Exposition
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men,.... Who had been sent into the land of Israel to keep it in subjection, or had settled themselves there for their better convenience, profit,…
Barnes' Notes
Ehud “went down” from the mountain of Ephraim into the Jordan valley beneath it, straight to the Jordan fords Jos 2:7, so as to intercept all communication between the Moabites on the west side and…
Ehud is the next of the judges whose achievements are related in this history, and here is an account of his actions.
I. When Israel sins again God raises up a new oppressor, Jdg 3:12-14. It was an…
Cambridge Bible
Follow after me lit. pursue after me; the slight correction of the LXX come down after me, cf. clause b, is generally accepted.
against the Moabites Cf. Jdg 7:24; Jdg 12:5, i.e. so as to prevent the…
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