20 Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his room upstairs where it was cool. Ehud said, “I have a word from God for you,” and the king stood up from his throne.[a] 21 Ehud[b] 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 Eglon’s insides came out.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:20 LXX reads “A word of my God for you, O king,” and Eglon rose up from the throne near him.
  2. Judges 3:21 LXX reads It happened that when he rose up, Ehud immediately

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