Judges 3:17-25

¹⁷He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

¹⁸When Ehud had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.

¹⁹But he himself turned back from the stone idols that were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” The king said, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him left him.

²⁰Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat.

²¹Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.

²²The handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.

²³Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.

²⁴After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”

²⁵They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their lord had fallen down dead on the floor.