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19 But he turned back from the sculptured stones[a] that were near Gilgal, and he said, “I have a secret message[b] for you, O king.” And he[c] said, “Silence!” So all those standing in his presence went out, 20 and Ehud came to him while he was sitting alone in his cool upper room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God[d] for you.” So he got up from his seat. 21 Then Ehud reached with his left hand for the sword on his right thigh, and he thrust it into his[e] stomach.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:19 Or “Pesilim”; some translations translate the phrase as a proper name
  2. Judges 3:19 Literally “a word of secrecy”
  3. Judges 3:19 Hebrew “he”
  4. Judges 3:20 Literally “word of God”
  5. Judges 3:21 That is, Eglon’s