Judges 3:18-20

International Standard Version

¹⁸ As he finished presenting the tribute, Ehud^[a] sent away the people who had been carrying it. ¹⁹ He had turned away from the idols that were at Gilgal. So he told Eglon, “I have a secret message for you, king.”

King Eglon^[b] responded “Silence!” and all of his attendants left him.

²⁰ Ehud approached him while he was sitting by himself in the cool roof chamber of his palace.^[c] He said, “I have a message from God for you!” So when Eglon^[d] got up from his seat,