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And it came to pass when had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
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And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.
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And Aod went in to him; and he sat in his own upper summer chamber quite alone; and Aod said, I have a message from God to thee, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him.
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And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;
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and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.
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And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed , and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked .
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And he went out: and Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?
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And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth.
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And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha.
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And it came to pass when Aod came into the land of Israel, that he blew the horn in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came down with him from the mountain, and he before them.
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And he said to them, Come down after me, for the Lord God has delivered our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to pass over.