15 Then the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up a deliverer—Ehud son of Gera the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent a tribute payment by him to King Eglon of Moab.
16 Ehud made a cubit-long two-edged sword for himself and strapped it onto his right thigh under his cloak.
17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
18 When Ehud finished offering the tribute payment, he sent away the people who carried it.
19 But he himself turned back from the stone idols that were at Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.”And he said, “Keep silence!” And all who attended him departed from him.
20 Ehud approached him as he was sitting alone in his cool upper chamber. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And Eglon rose from his seat.
21 Then Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into the belly of Eglon.