Judges:3:12-30

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* And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of Jehovah . And Jehovah made Eglon the king of Moab strong against Israel , because they had done evil in the sight of Jehovah . * And he gathered to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek , and went and struck Israel . And they possessed the city of palm trees . * And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years . * And the sons of Israel cried to Jehovah , even Jehovah raised up a deliverer to them , Ehud the son of Gera , a son of the Benjamite , a man with his right hand impeded . And the sons of Israel sent a present by his hand to Eglon the king of Moab . * And Ehud made a sword for himself , and it had two edges , a cubit in length . And he girded it under his long robe , on his right thigh . * And he brought the present to Eglon the king of Moab ; and Eglon was a very fat man . * And it happened , when he had finished offering the present , he sent away the people , the bearers of the present . * And he himself turned back from the carved images at Gilgal , and said , I have a secret word for you , O king . And he said , Be silent ! And all those standing beside him went out from him . * And Ehud came to him . And he was sitting by himself in the cool roof room which was his . And Ehud said , I have a word from God to you . And he rose out of his seat . * And Ehud put out his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh , and thrust it into Eglon 's belly . * And the haft also went in after the blade ; and the fat closed on the blade ; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly . And it came out behind . * Then Ehud went out to the porch , and shut the doors of the roof room on him , and locked them . * And when he had gone out , his servants came . And they looked , and , behold , the doors of the roof room were locked . And they said , Surely he is covering his feet in the cool roof room . * And they waited until they were ashamed . And , behold ! He did not open the doors of the room . So they took the key and opened them . And , behold , their master had fallen down to the earth dead . * And Ehud escaped while they waited . And he had passed by the images , and had slipped away to Seirath . * And it happened , when he had come , he blew a horn in the hills of Ephraim . And the sons of Israel came down with him from the hills , and he before them . * And he said to them , Follow me , for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand . And they went down after him and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites . And they did not allow a man to pass over . * And they struck about ten thousand men of Moab at that time , every lusty man , all mighty men . And not a man escaped . * So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel . And the land had rest eighty years .

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