Judges:3:15-25
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But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD ,
the LORD raised them up a deliverer ,
Ehud the son of Gera ,
a Benjamite ,
a man lefthanded :
and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab .
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But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges ,
of a cubit length ;
and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh .
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And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab :
and Eglon was a very fat man .
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And when he had made an end to offer the present ,
he sent away the people that bare the present .
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But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal ,
and said ,
I have a secret errand unto thee ,
O king :
who said ,
Keep silence .
And all that stood by him went out from him .
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And Ehud came unto him ;
and he was sitting in a summer parlour ,
which he had for himself alone .
And Ehud said ,
I have a message from God unto thee .
And he arose out of his seat .
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And Ehud put forth his left hand ,
and took the dagger from his right thigh ,
and thrust it into his belly :
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And the haft also went in after the blade ;
and the fat closed upon the blade ,
so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly ;
and the dirt came out .
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Then Ehud went forth through the porch ,
and shut the doors of the parlour upon him ,
and locked them .
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When he was gone out ,
his servants came ;
and when they saw that ,
behold ,
the doors of the parlour were locked ,
they said ,
Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber .
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And they tarried till they were ashamed :
and ,
behold ,
he opened not the doors of the parlour ;
therefore they took a key ,
and opened them :
and ,
behold ,
their lord was fallen down dead on the earth .