Passage Research
Judges 3 — Sermon Preparation
The first three judges appear: Othniel defeats Cushan-rishathaim, Ehud assassinates the Moabite king Eglon, and Shamgar strikes down six hundred Philistines. Below is a research summary for Judges 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 31
- verses
- 481 / 192
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Judges 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִם | Kûwshan Rishʻâthayim | H3573 | 8 | Cushan-Rishathajim |
| אֵהוּד | ʼÊhûwd | H164 | 7 | Ehud |
| מוֹאָב | Môwʼâb | H4124 | 8 | Moab |
| עֶגְלוֹן | ʻEglôwn | H5700 | 5 | Eglon |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 9 | hand, open |
| עֲלִיָּה | ʻălîyâh | H5944 | 4 | lofty, stair-way |
| יָשַׁע | yâshaʻ | H3467 | 4 | be open, wide |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Judges 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened, and Moab strengthened against them. If lesser troubles do not do the work, God will send greater. When Israel prays again, God raises up Ehud. As a judge, or minister of Divine justice, Ehud put to death Eglon, the king of Moab, and thus executed the judgments of God upon him as an enemy to God and Israel. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Judges 3:12–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Canaan— Judg 3:1
- Mesopotamia— Judg 3:10
- Moab 1— Judg 3:12
- Amalek— Judg 3:13
- Ammon— Judg 3:13
- City of Palms 1— Judg 3:13
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