Deliverance by Ehud

Scripture

• Judges 3:15

  But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

• Judges 3:16

  But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

• Judges 3:17

  And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

• Judges 3:18

  And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

• Judges 3:19

  But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

• Judges 3:20

  And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

• Judges 3:21

  And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

• Judges 3:22

  And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

• Judges 3:23

  Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

• Judges 3:24

  When 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.

• Judges 3:25

  And 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.

• Judges 3:26

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

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