And then they cried unto the LORD. And the LORD stirred them up a saver, Ehud the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, a man that could do nothing handsomely with his right hand. And when the children of Israel sent a present by him unto Eglon the king of the Moabites,

Ehud made him a two-edged dagger of a span long, and girded it under his garment upon his right thigh;

And Ehud came in unto him in a summer parlor, of which he had several unto himself alone, and said, "I have a message unto thee from God." And he arose out of his seat.

And Ehud put forth his left hand and took the dagger from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly,

But Ehud gat him out at the back door, and put to the door after him, and locked it.

But Ehud escaped while they tarried, and was gone beyond the idols and escaped into Seirah.

And the children of Israel began again to do wickedly in the sight of the LORD when Ehud was dead.