Ehud Leads Massacre of 10,000 Moabites – Judges – The Brick Bible

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Again the Israelites did evil in Yahweh's sight.

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And Yahweh gave King Eglon of Moab power over Israel. King Eglon was a very fat man.

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The Israelites were enslaved to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

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Then the Israelites cried out to Yahweh.

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And Yahweh raised up a deliverer to rescue them: Ehud of the tribe of Benjamin. He was left-handed.

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The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab to pay their tribute payment.

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Ehud made himself a double-edged dagger about a foot long.

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He strapped the dagger under his cloak on his right thigh and brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab.

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After presenting the tribute, Ehud said to King Eglon, 'I have a secret message for you, O king.'

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'Quiet!' commanded the king, and all his attendents withdrew.

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Ehud approached him while the king sat alone in the cool of his upstairs room, and said, 'I have a message for you from God.'

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As King Eglon rose from his seat, Ehud drew his dagger with his left hand and thrust it into Eglon's belly.

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The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed over it. Ehud did not pull the dagger out of his belly.

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Ehud escaped through the latrine, having locked the doors of the upstairs room behind him.

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After he had gone, King Eglon's servants came and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They said, 'He must be relieving himself in the latrine.'

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They waited a long time until they felt embarrassed, and then used a key to open the doors. And there lay their master, lying dead on the floor.

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Ehud escaped to safety at Seirah where he said to the Israelites, 'Follow me, for Yahweh will deliver your enemy the Moabites into your hands!'

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They followed him and captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab.

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They killed about 10,000 Moabites that day, all strong, capable fighters. Not one of them escaped.

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And the land had peace for eighty years.

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