13And Eglon got together the people of Ammon and Amalek, and they went and overcame Israel and took the town of palm-trees.
14And the children of Israel were servants to Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
15Then when the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord, he gave them a saviour, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man; and the children of Israel sent an offering by him to Eglon, king of Moab.
16So Ehud made himself a two-edged sword, a cubit long, which he put on at his right side under his robe.
17And he took the offering to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.
18And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering.
19But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out.
