But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Ehud the son of Gera - i:e., descended from Gera, one of Benjamin's sons (Genesis 46:21).
Left-handed, х 'iTeer (H334) yad (H3027) yªmiynow (H3225), bound or impeded as to the right hand] - one who cannot use the right hand freely, and consequently left-handed. This peculiarity distinguished many in the Benjamite tribe (Judges 20:16). But the original word is rendered in the Septuagint, amfoterodexion, 'both-handed,' a view countenanced by 1 Chronicles 12:2.
By him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon - that is, the yearly tribute, which according to Eastern fashion, would be borne with ostentatious ceremony, and offered (Judges 3:18) by special messengers.