Judges 3:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ehud—a man left-handed— Mr. Saurin has taken great pains to shew that this expression signifies a man who was ambidexter, i.e. one who could use his left hand as well as his right; and what would lead one very much to prefer this interpretation is, that the same quality is ascribed to seven hundred chosen men of the tribe of Benjamin, chap. Joshua 20:16 all of whom one can hardly believe to have had no use of their right hand, as some interpreters suppose was the case with Ehud. But indeed, from 1 Chronicles 12:2., Mr. Saurin's interpretation seems perfectly justified; for it is there said of the Benjamites, that they were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left. The Vulgate renders it here, who used both his hands for a right hand; and the LXX, who could use both his hands alike. This qualification is often spoken of by the heathen poets as possessed by their heroes. See Iliad, book 7: ver. 3:237.