13. Eglon joined forces with the Ammonites and Amalekites; then he went and attacked Israel and took possession of the City of Palms.
14. The children of Israel served King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
15. Then the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up a deliverer—Ehud son of Gera the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent a tribute payment by him to King Eglon of Moab.
16. Ehud made a cubit-long two-edged sword for himself and strapped it onto his right thigh under his cloak.
17. He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
18. When Ehud finished offering the tribute payment, he sent away the people who carried it.