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and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;
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and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
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And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man -- shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;
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and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit [is] its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh;
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and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man.
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And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,
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and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which [are] at Gilgal, and saith, `A secret word I have unto thee, O king;' and he saith, `Hush!' and go out from him do all those standing by him.
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And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, `A word of God I have unto thee;' and he riseth from off the throne;
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and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly;
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and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament.
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And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted [it];