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21 Then Ehud reached with his left hand for the sword on his right thigh, and he thrust it into his[a] stomach. 22 And the handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade because he did not draw back the sword from his stomach; and it went protruding out the back.[b] 23 And Ehud went out the vestibule, and he closed the doors of the upper room and locked them behind him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:21 That is, Eglon’s
  2. Judges 3:22 The Hebrew is uncertain; some translations have “and the dirt/entrails came out”