Ehud, Judge of Israel

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Why does Scripture record the gruesome assassination of an evil tyrant? What do we gain from shocking passages in biblical history? Today, Derek Thomas considers the unexpected ways in which God faithfully brings deliverance.

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Derek Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary.

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Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

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0:00.0	The description is very graphic.
0:02.0	He plunges this 18-inch dagger, including the handle, and his hand goes right into his belly.
0:11.0	Well, why does the Bible tell us this awful story?
0:25.6	Why does the Bible tell us this awful and graphic story? Keep listening to find out.
0:27.6	I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and it's good to have you with us for this Tuesday edition of renewing your mind
0:33.6	as we continue our time in Derek Thomas' brand new series, Who Are They? Lesser-known characters
0:40.6	of the Bible. Before we get to today's rather graphic incident, if you'd like to help spread
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1:08.5	So thank you for subscribing to the Renewing Your Mind YouTube
1:11.5	channel and turning on notifications. Well, let's meet Ahud, a judge of Israel. Here's Dr. Thomas.
1:20.6	Today we want to go to Judges Chapter 3 and to the second judge, and that's Ehud.
1:30.0	I'm going to read from verses 18 through 22 of Judges Chapter 3.
1:38.0	And when Ahud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute, but he himself turned back
1:47.0	at the idols near Gilgall and said, I have a secret message for you, O King. And he commanded
1:54.7	silence, and all his attendants went out from his presence. And Heiud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool
2:05.5	roof chamber, and Ehud said, I have a message from God for you, and he arose from his seat.
2:14.1	And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
2:23.5	And the hilt also went in after the blade and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly and the dung came out.
2:36.9	Well, that's a very, very graphic story.
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