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22-23 that even the handle was buried in his fat. Ehud left the dagger there. Then after closing and locking the doors to the room, he climbed through a window onto the porch[a] 24 and left.

When the king's officials came back and saw that the doors were locked, they said, “The king is probably inside relieving himself.”

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  1. 3.22,23 he climbed … porch: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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