18. And when he had offered the present, he sent away the people that had brought the present.
19. But he, himself turned again from the graven images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word for thee, O king, who then said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
20. And Ehud came unto him, and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a word from God unto thee. Then he arose out of his seat.
21. But Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into Eglon’s belly;
22. in such a manner that the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly, and the excrement came out.
23. Then Ehud went forth through the porch and shut the doors of the parlour upon him and locked them.
24. When he was gone out, his slaves came; and when they saw that the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Peradventure he covers his feet in his summer chamber.