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The Book of Judges, Chapter 3, Verse 13

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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
King James Version
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
American Standard Version
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
New English Translation
Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the city of date palm trees.
World English Bible
He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
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So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
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But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
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But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
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And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon [was] a very fat man.
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And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
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But he himself turned again from the quarries that [were] by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
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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 unto thee. And he arose out of [his] seat.
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And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
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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 draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
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Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.