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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.

26 And Ehud escaped while they delayed. He passed by the sculptured stones[c] and escaped to Seirah.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:24 Hebrew “they said”
  2. Judges 3:24 Literally “covering his feet”
  3. Judges 3:26 Or “Pesilim;” some translations to translate the phrase as a proper name