21 Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly. 22 Even the handle went in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And the waste came out.[a] 23 Ehud escaped by way of the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upstairs room behind him.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22 Or And Eglon’s bowels discharged

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