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23 And Ehud went out the vestibule, and he closed the doors of the upper room and locked them behind him.

24 After he left, his servants returned. When they saw that the doors of the upper room were locked, they thought,[a] “Surely he is relieving himself[b] in the cool inner room.” 25 And they waited so long they became embarrassed because he did not open the doors of the upper room. So they took the key and opened the doors, and there their lord was lying on the ground dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:24 Hebrew “they said”
  2. Judges 3:24 Literally “covering his feet”