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16 and Ehud makes a sword for himself, and it has two mouths (its length [is] a cubit), and he girds it under his long robe on his right thigh; 17 and he brings the present near to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man. 18 And it comes to pass, when he has finished to bring the present near, that he sends the people carrying the present away, 19 and he himself has turned back from the carved images which [are] at Gilgal and says, “I have a secret word for you, O king”; and he says, “Hush!” And all those standing by him go out from him. 20 And Ehud has come to him, and he is sitting in the cool upper chamber which he has for himself, and Ehud says, “I have a word of God for you”; and he rises from off the throne; Judges 3:16-20, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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