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Ehud thrusts the sword into the king, who sat alone in the cool upper room

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Judges 3:18–25: when Ehud has finished offering the tribute, he sends away the people who carried the tribute. But he himself turns back from the stone idols that were by Gilgal, and says, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” The king says, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him leave him. Ehud comes to him, and the king is sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud says, “I have a message from God to you.” The king arises out of his seat. Ehud puts out his left hand, takes the sword from his right thigh, and thrusts it into the king’s body. The handle also goes in after the blade; and the fat closes on the blade, for he doesn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it comes out behind. Then Ehud goes out onto the porch, and shuts the doors of the upper room on him, and locks them. After Ehud has gone, the king’s servants come and see that the doors of the upper room are locked. They say, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.” They wait until they are ashamed; and behold, he doesn’t open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they take the key and open them, and behold, their lord has fallen down dead on the floor. Where WEB reads “the stone idols”, the Korean Revised Version reads 돌 뜨는 곳, a place where stone is cut.

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JDG 3:18–25, engwebp
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.
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Ehud — Took part in — Ehud thrusts the sword into the king, who sat alone in the cool upper room

Evidence: Judges 3:18–25
Eglon (king of Moab) — Took part in — Ehud thrusts the sword into the king, who sat alone in the cool upper room

Evidence: Judges 3:18–25

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Current wording: Judges 3:18–25: when Ehud has finished offering the tribute, he sends away the people who carried the tribute. But he himself turns back from the stone idols that were by Gilgal, and says, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” The king says, “Keep silence!” All who stood by him leave him. Ehud comes to him, and the king is sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud says, “I have a message from God to you.” The king arises out of his seat. Ehud puts out his left hand, takes the sword from his right thigh, and thrusts it into the king’s body. The handle also goes in after the blade; and the fat closes on the blade, for he doesn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it comes out behind. Then Ehud goes out onto the porch, and shuts the doors of the upper room on him, and locks them. After Ehud has gone, the king’s servants come and see that the doors of the upper room are locked. They say, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.” They wait until they are ashamed; and behold, he doesn’t open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they take the key and open them, and behold, their lord has fallen down dead on the floor. Where WEB reads “the stone idols”, the Korean Revised Version reads 돌 뜨는 곳, a place where stone is cut.
Cited evidence: JDG 3:18–25, engwebp
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