Judges 3:15

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When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.

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  • Ps 78:34 : 34 When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.
  • Judg 3:9 : 9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
  • Judg 20:16 : 16 Among this army were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.
  • 1 Chr 12:2 : 2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed. They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin.) These were:
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
  • 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But some wicked men said,“How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.
  • Ps 90:15 : 15 Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!
  • Prov 18:16 : 16 A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.
  • Prov 19:6 : 6 Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.
  • Prov 21:14 : 14 A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.
  • Isa 36:16 : 16 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says,‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
  • Jer 29:12-13 : 12 When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
  • Jer 33:3 : 3 ‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 3:16-23
    8 verses
    80%

    16Ehud made himself a sword– it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.

    17He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab.(Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

    18After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.

    19But he went back once he reached the carved images at Gilgal. He said to Eglon,“I have a secret message for you, O king.” Eglon said,“Be quiet!” All his attendants left.

    20When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated upper room all by himself. Ehud said,“I have a message from God for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat,

    21Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon’s belly.

    22The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.

    23As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

  • Judg 3:12-14
    3 verses
    77%

    12Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. The LORD gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the LORD’s sight.

    13Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the city of date palm trees.

    14The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

  • Judg 3:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

    27When he reached Seirah, he blew a trumpet in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead.

  • Judg 3:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8The LORD was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon-Haraim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects for eight years.

    9When the Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.

    10The LORD’s Spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the LORD handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Armon and he overpowered him.

  • Judg 4:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Deborah Summons Barak The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight after Ehud’s death.

    2The LORD turned them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.

    3The Israelites cried out for help to the LORD, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

  • Judg 3:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

    31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. He killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. So he also delivered Israel.

  • 1 Chr 8:6
    68%

    6These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:

  • 2 Sam 23:10
    67%

    10he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The LORD gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

  • Judg 7:14
    67%

    14The other man said,“Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

  • 2 Chr 13:16
    67%

    16The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.

  • Judg 2:16
    67%

    16The LORD raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.

  • 1 Sam 12:9
    67%

    9“But they forgot the LORD their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

  • Judg 20:16
    66%

    16Among this army were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.

  • Judg 15:18
    66%

    18He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the LORD and said,“You have given your servant this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of these uncircumcised Philistines?”

  • Judg 6:7
    66%

    7When the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help because of Midian,

  • 1 Sam 12:11
    66%

    11So the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.

  • Judg 2:18
    66%

    18When the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The LORD felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.

  • Judg 12:3
    66%

    3When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”

  • Judg 10:11-12
    2 verses
    66%

    11The LORD said to the Israelites,“Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,

    12the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power.

  • Judg 7:2
    65%

    2The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’

  • Judg 11:32
    65%

    32Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the LORD handed them over to him.

  • 2 Kgs 13:5
    65%

    5The LORD provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. The Israelites once more lived in security.

  • Judg 6:14-15
    2 verses
    65%

    14Then the LORD himself turned to him and said,“You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”

    15Gideon said to him,“But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.”

  • 2 Kgs 13:3
    65%

    3The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years.

  • Judg 6:36
    65%

    36Gideon said to God,“If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.

  • Judg 9:17
    65%

    17my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian’s power.

  • Judg 6:1
    64%

    1Oppression and Confrontation The Israelites did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.

  • Judg 11:5
    64%

    5When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

  • Judg 7:9
    64%

    9Gideon Reassured of Victory That night the LORD said to Gideon,“Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.

  • Judg 10:9
    64%

    9The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.