Judges 3:11-27

¹¹And the land had rest forty years; and then died 'Othniel the son of Kenaz.

¹²And the children of Israel did again the evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened 'Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done the evil in the eyes of the Lord.

¹³And he gathered unto him the children of 'Ammon and 'Amalek, and they went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of palm-trees.

¹⁴And the children of Israel served 'Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

¹⁵But the children of Israel cried then unto the Lord; and the Lord raised up unto them a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera a Benjamite, a man who was lamed in his right hand; and the children of Israel sent by him a present unto 'Eglon the king of Moab.

¹⁶But Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his garments upon his right thigh.

¹⁷And he brought the present near unto 'Eglon the king of Moab; now 'Eglon was a very fat man.

¹⁸And it came to pass when he had made an end to offer the present, that he sent away the people who had borne the present.

¹⁹But he himself returned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O King. And he said, Keep silence. And thereupon went out from his presence all that stood by him.

²⁰And Ehud came in unto him; and he was sitting in the summer upper chamber, which was for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a word of God unto thee. And he arose out of his chair.

²¹And Ehud stretched forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.

²²And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his body, and it passed into the fundament.

²³And Ehud went forth into the ante-room, and shut the doors of the upper chamber after him, and locked them.

²⁴He was just gone out, when his servants came; and they saw, behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said, Surely he covereth his feet in the summer chamber.

²⁵And they tarried till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper chamber; wherefore they took the key and opened them: and, behold, their lord was lying dead on the floor.

²⁶And Ehud had escaped while they were tarrying, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Se'irah.

²⁷And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew the cornet on the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountain, and he before them.