24. and left. The servants came and saw that the doors were locked, but they only thought that the king was inside, relieving himself.
25. They waited as long as they thought they should, but when he still did not open the door, they took the key and opened it. And there was their master, lying dead on the floor.
26. Ehud got away while they were waiting. He went past the carved stones and escaped to Seirah.
27. When he arrived there in the hill country of Ephraim, he blew a trumpet to call the men of Israel to battle; then he led them down from the hills.