Judges 3:16-23

16Ehud made himself a double-edged sword eighteen inches long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes

17and brought the tribute to King Eglon of Moab, who was an extremely fat man.

18When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the people who had carried it.

19At the carved images near Gilgal he returned and said, “King Eglon, I have a secret message for you.” The king said, “Silence!” and all his attendants left him.

20Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his upstairs room where it was cool. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you,” and the king stood up from his throne.

21Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

22Even the handle went in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And the waste came out.

23Ehud escaped by way of the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upstairs room behind him.