BRAGADAYJAH 707
So the children of Israel, finding themselves under oppression again,
cried unto the Lord and He raised up a third deliverer judge, Ehud the son of
Gera, a Benjamite, a left handed
man and the children of Israel sent by him a present for Eglon the king of
Moab. But Ehud had made himself a two-edged dagger which he hid on his right
hip under his clothing. And so he met
with Eglon and offered him the gift which he had brought. The king was a very
greedy man and upon the presentation of the gift he sent away all those that
were there presenting the gift and Ehud seized the moment to tell the king that
he had a secret to tell him, whereupon the king told Ehud to wait until they
were alone to speak. When Ehud was alone with the king he told him that he had
a message from God for him; so the king rose from his seat to hear it; but as
he did so Ehud took the dagger and thrust it into the kings belly and the king
was so fat that the very hilt of the dagger could not be reached by him and so
his stomach spilt out. And Ehud went
through the porch and shut the doors of the king’s parlor and locked them.
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