Judges 3:14-16

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¹⁴And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

Ehud Rescues Israel from Moab

¹⁵But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], the Lord raised up a ^[a]man to rescue them, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, ^[b]a left-handed man. And the Israelites sent a gift of tribute by him to Eglon king of Moab. ¹⁶Now Ehud made for himself a sword a ^[c]cubit long, which had two edges, and he bound it on his ^[d]right thigh under his robe.

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Footnotes

Judges 3:15 Lit deliverer.
Judges 3:15 Lit bound in his right hand.
Judges 3:16 I.e. about eighteen inches.
Judges 3:16 If a bodyguard searched Ehud he would have focused on his left side, where a right-handed man would hide a sword.