And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Ehud's escape took place amid Israel's awful moral surroundings, where the tribes Israel had permitted to remain in the land of promise exerted a constant demoralizing influence upon the people. It belongs to the connected composite record of Judges 3 to 17, in which backsliding from God is followed by suffering, oppression, captivity and servitude, and returning to God is followed by forgiveness and deliverance. In that setting the escape displays together the perversity and unbelief of the people and the long-suffering and goodness of God.
Ehud's escape took place amid Israel's awful moral surroundings, where the tribes Israel had permitted to remain in the land of promise exerted a constant demoralizing influence upon the people. It belongs to the connected composite record of Judges 3 to 17, in which backsliding from God is followed by suffering, oppression, captivity and servitude, and returning to God is followed by forgiveness and deliverance. In that setting the escape displays together the perversity and unbelief of the people and the long-suffering and goodness of God.