Verse 20
Judges 3:20
King James Version
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 message from God (Elohim) unto thee. And he arose out of
his seat.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֵה֣וּד בָּ֣א אֵלָ֗י/ו וְ/הֽוּא יֹ֠שֵׁב בַּ/עֲלִיַּ֨ת הַ/מְּקֵרָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר ל/וֹ֙ לְ/בַדּ֔/וֹ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵה֔וּד דְּבַר אֱלֹהִ֥ים לִ֖/י אֵלֶ֑י/ךָ וַ/יָּ֖קָם מֵ/עַ֥ל הַ/כִּסֵּֽא
English Translation
And Ehud came to me, and he was sitting in the upstairs chamber which was alone to him, and Ehud said, "The word of God is to you," and he stood up from the chair.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
Now these
are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them,
even as many
of Israel as ha...
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2
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such...
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3
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites th...
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4
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of t...
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5
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and H...
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6
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served...
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7
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God (Elohim)...
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8
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-ri...
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9
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children...
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10
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD de...
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11
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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12
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon...
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13
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed...
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14
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
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15
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the s...
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16
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raim...
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17
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon
was a very fat man.
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18
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
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19
But he himself turned again from the quarries that
were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand...
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20
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And...
21
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his b...
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And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not d...
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23
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
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24
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour
we...
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25
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; theref...
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26
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
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27
And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the ch...
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28
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into y...
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29
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and the...
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30
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
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And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox...
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