16 And he made for himself a two-edged sword, having a handle, reaching to the middle, the length of the palm of a hand. And he was girded with it under his cloak, on the right thigh.
17 And he offered the gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceedingly fat.
18 And when he had presented the gifts to him, he followed out his companions, who had arrived with him.
19 And then, returning from Gilgal where the idols were, he said to the king, "I have a secret word for you, O king." And he ordered silence. And when all those who were around him had departed,
20 Ehud entered to him. Now he was sitting alone in a summer upper room. And he said, "I have a word from God to you." And immediately he rose up from his throne.
21 And Ehud extended his left hand, and he took the dagger from his right thigh. And he thrust it into his abdomen
22 so strongly that the handle followed the blade into the wound, and was enclosed by the great amount of fat. Neither did he withdraw the sword. Instead, he left it in the body just as he had struck with it. And immediately, by the private parts of nature, the filth of the bowels went out.