Judges 3:11-15

3:11

land <0776> [the land.]

Othniel <06274> [Othniel.]

3:12

did evil ................... done evil <06213 07451> [A.M. 2662. B.C. 1342. An. Ex. Is. 148. did evil.]

Lord's .... Lord ................. Lord's <03068> [and the Lord.]

King <04428> [the king.]

3:13

Ammonites <05983> [Ammon.]

City <05892> [the city.]

3:14

subject <05647> [served.]

3:15

cried out ...... Lord he <02199 03068> [A.M. 2679. B.C. 1325. An. Ex. Is. 166. cried unto.]

Benjaminite <01145> [a Benjamite. or, the son of Jemini. left-handed. Heb. shut of his right hand.]

This Hebrew phrase intimates that, either through disease or disuse, he made little or no use of the right hand, but of his left only, and so was the less fit for war, because he would most likely wield a dagger awkwardly: yet God chose this left-handed man to be the minister of his retributive justice. It was God's right hand that gained Israel the victory, Ps 44:3; not the right hand of the instruments he employed.

sent .......... tribute payment <07971 04503> [sent a present.]