The name Ehud means "union" or "strong." He was the second judge of Israel, a Benjaminite and left-handed warrior who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression by assassinating King Eglon with a hidden double-edged sword.
Ehud's story is one of the most vivid accounts of divine deliverance in the Old Testament. God's choices consistently confound human expectations: a left-handed man from the smallest tribe, using unexpected means, brings liberation. God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise (1 Corinthians 1:27). Deliverance rarely comes through conventional power.