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21 And Ahud put foorth his left hande, & toke the dagger from his right thygh, and thrust it into his belly. 22 And the hafte went in after the blade: and the fatte closed the haft, so that he might not drawe the dagger out of his belly, but the dyrt came out. 23 Then Ahud gat him out into the porche, and shut the doores of the parler vpon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, his seruauntes came: And when they sawe that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayde, Suerly he couereth his feete in his sommer chamber. 25 And they taried till they were ashamed, and seyng he opened not the doores of the parler, they toke a key and opened them: And beholde, their Lorde was fallen downe dead on the earth. 26 And Ahud escaped whyle they taried and was gone beyonde, to the place of the grauen images, and escaped into Seirath. 27 And when he was come, he blewe a trumpet in mount Ephraim: And the childre of Israel went downe with him from the hill, and he went before them. 28 And he sayde vnto them, folowe me: for the Lorde hath deliuered your enemies the Moabites into your hande. And they descended after him, and toke the passages of Iordane toward Moab, and suffered not a man to passe ouer. 29 And they slue of the Moabites the same time vpon a ten thousande men, which were all fatte, & men of warre, and there scaped not a man. 30 So Moab was subdued that day vnder the hande of Israel: And the lande had rest fourescore yeres. 31 After him was Samgar the sonne of Anath, whiche slue of the Philistines sixe hundred men with an oxe goade, and deliuered Israel also. Judges 3:21-31, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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