Judges 3:10-26

¹⁰And the spirite of the Lord came vpon him, and he iudged Israel, and went out to warre: and the Lord deliuered Chushan rishathaim king of Aram into his hand, and his hand preuailed against Chushan rishathaim.

¹¹So the lande had rest fourtie yeeres, and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz dyed.

¹²Then the children of Israel againe committed wickednesse in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon King of Moab against Israel, because they had committed wickednesse before the Lord.

¹³And he gathered vnto him the children of Ammon, and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and they possessed the citie of palme trees.

¹⁴So the children of Israel serued Eglon king of Moab eighteene yeeres.

¹⁵But when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord, the Lord stirred them vp a sauiour, Ehud the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini, a man lame of his right hande: and the children of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon King of Moab.

¹⁶And Ehud made him a dagger with two edges of a cubite length, and he did gird it vnder his rayment vpon his right thigh,

¹⁷And he presented ye gift vnto Eglon King of Moab (and Eglon was a very fat man)

¹⁸And when he had now presented the present, he sent away the people that bare ye present,

¹⁹But he turned againe from the quarris, that were by Gilgal, and said, I haue a secret errand vnto thee, O King. Who said, Keepe silence: and all that stoode about him, went out from him.

²⁰Then Ehud came vnto him. (and he sate alone in a sommer parler, which he had) and Ehud said, I haue a message vnto thee from God. Then he arose out of his throne,

²¹And Ehud put forth his left hand, and tooke the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his bellie,

²²So that the hafte went in after the blade, and the fatte closed about the blade, so that he could not drawe the dagger out of his bellie, but the dirt came out.

²³Then Ehud gate him out into the porch, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them.

²⁴And when he was gone out, his seruantes came: who seeing that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayd, Surely he doeth his easement in his sommer chamber.

²⁵And they taryed till they were ashamed: and seeing he opened not the doores of the parler, they tooke the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen dead on the earth.

²⁶So Ehud escaped (while they taried) and was passed the quarris, and escaped vnto Seirah.