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A Strategic Refuge
Commentators agree that "Seirath" was not just a random place but a strategic location. Described as a forested or wooded area in the hill country of Ephraim, it provided Ehud with natural cover and a safe haven within his own territory, far from Moabite pursuers near Gilgal.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 3:26
18th Century
Theologian
Seirath - “ The forest” or “weald,” which evidently bordered on the cultivated plain near Gilgal, and extended into “the mountain or hill co…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 3:26
19th Century
Bishop
To Seirath. —Perhaps, rather, into the bush, or woodland, as the word has the article and does not occur again. …
John Gill
On Judges 3:26
17th Century
Pastor
And Ehud escaped while they tarried
While the servants of the king of Moab tarried waiting for the opening of the do…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 3:12–30
17th Century
Minister
When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did evil, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of Hi…