Judges 3:16-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ Ehud made for himself a sword, a cubit long, which had two edges, and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothing.

¹⁷ And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

¹⁸ And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried it.

¹⁹ He himself went [with them] as far as the sculptured [boundary] stones near Gilgal, and then turned back and came to Eglon and said, I have a secret errand to you, O king. Eglon commanded silence, and all who stood by him went out from him.

²⁰ When Ehud had come [near] to him as he was sitting alone in his cool upper apartment, Ehud said, I have a commission from God to execute to you. And the king arose from his seat.

²¹ Then Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into Eglon’s belly.

²² And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade, for [Ehud] did not draw the sword out of his belly, and the dirt came out.