19 到了吉甲附近雕石神像的地方,他讓抬貢物的人先回去,自己則折回王宮,對王說:「王啊,我有機密稟告。」王就命左右的人迴避,眾人便都退去了。 20 當時王獨自坐在樓上的房間乘涼,以笏近前說:「我有從上帝而來的訊息要稟告。」王站起來的時候, 21 以笏左手拔出藏在右腿上的劍刺進王的肚腹,

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19 But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.”

The king said to his attendants, “Leave us!” And they all left.

20 Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace[a](A) and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose(B) from his seat, 21 Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword(C) from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 24.