Judges 3:23

Then Ehud closed and locked the doors, and escaped through the toilet.

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In The King James Version

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

In Context

22The handle went in with the blade and the fat closed over it. So Ehud didn't pull the sword out, and the king defecated.

24After he had left, the servants came and saw that the doors of the room were locked. “He must be using the toilet,” they concluded.

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Matthew Henry on Judges 3:13-31

Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. ( b. c. 1336.) 12 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 . 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord , the… Read the whole commentary →

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