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22 Even the handle went in after the blade. Eglon’s fat covered the blade because Ehud didn’t pull the dagger out. The blade stuck out in back.[a] 23 Ehud left the room.[b] (He had closed and locked the doors of the room before he left.)

24 After Ehud went out, Eglon’s advisers came in. They were surprised that the doors were locked. “He must be using the toilet,” they said.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:22 Hebrew meaning uncertain.
  2. Judges 3:23 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

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