Judges 3:24-26

The Voice

²⁴After he had escaped, eventually the servants came to check on their master. When they saw that the doors to the upstairs room were locked, they assumed Eglon was relieving himself in the upstairs chamber. ²⁵They stood around waiting until their embarrassment grew too great. When Eglon didn’t open the doors, at last, they opened the doors with the key, and there was their master, lying dead on the floor.

²⁶Ehud took advantage of the delay. He passed the idols of Gilgal and escaped to Seirah.

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Judges 3:24-26

King James Version

²⁴When 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.

²⁵And 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.

²⁶And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

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Judges 3:24-26

New International Version

²⁴After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, “He must be relieving himself^(A) in the inner room of the palace.” ²⁵They waited to the point of embarrassment,^(B) but when he did not open the doors of the room, they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their lord fallen to the floor, dead.

²⁶While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah.

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