²⁷ When he arrived there, he sounded a trumpet in the mountainous region^[a] of Ephraim. While the Israeli army accompanied Ehud from the mountainous regions,^{[b] 28} he told them, “Attack them, because the Lord has given your enemies—the Moabites—into your control.” So the Israeli army^[c] followed after him, seized the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross. ²⁹ At that time they attacked about 10,000 Moabites, all of whom were strong and valiant men. Not one man escaped.