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They said, &#8220He must be relieving himself in the inner room of the palace.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After Ehud was gone, the king’s servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour <i>were</i> locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When he had gone out, <i>Eglon’s</i> servants came to look, and <i>to their</i> surprise, the doors of the upper room were locked. So they said, “He is probably attending to his needs in the cool chamber.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When he had left, the king’s servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, “Undoubtedly he is relieving himself in the cool room.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, &#8220He is only relieving himself in the cool room.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, “He is only relieving himself in the cool room.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now he went out, and his servants came in and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, “He is surely relieving himself in the cool room.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When Ehud departed, Eglon’s servants came. And when they saw that the doors of the upper room were locked, they said, “He is only relieving himself in the cool room.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ehud was gone when Eglon’s servants came in. They looked and found the doors of the upstairs room locked and thought he was relieving himself in the cool room.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ehud was gone when Eglon&#8217s servants came in. They looked and found the doors of the upstairs room locked and thought he was relieving himself in the cool room. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/judges/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and left. When the king's officials came back and saw that the doors were locked, they said, "The king is probably inside relieving himself." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked; and they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After Ehud went out, Eglon's advisers came in. They were surprised that the doors were locked. "He must be using the toilet," they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and left. The servants came and saw that the doors were locked, but they only thought that the king was inside, relieving himself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After he left, Eglon's attendants came to look, but the doors to the cool chamber were locked! So they said, "He must be relieving himself in the inner part of the cool chamber."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Ehud was gone, Eglon?s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. ?He must be relieving himself in the cool room,? they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Ehud had left, Eglon's servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, "He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and look, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, "Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer-chamber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he has gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, “He is surely covering his feet, [relieving himself,] in the cool inner chamber.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, 'He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he went forth, and his servants came in, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber were fastened; and they will say, Surely he is covering his feet in the chamber of cooling.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Went out by a postern door. And the king's servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />he departed by a back exit. And the servants of the king, entering, saw that the doors of the upper room were closed, and they said, “Perhaps he is emptying his bowels in the summer room.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When Ehud had left and the servants had come, they saw that the doors of the upper room were locked, and thought, “He must be easing himself in the cool chamber.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After he had gone, the servants came. When they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “He must be relieving himself in the cool chamber.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When he had gone out, the king's servants came in; and when they saw that the doors of the upper chamber were locked, they said, Perhaps he has gone to the toilet in the closet of the upper chamber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he went out, and his Servants entered and saw the doors of the upper room were shut and they were saying, “Doubtless, he went out to the urinal in the closet of the upper room”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they, said: 'Surely he is covering his feet in the cabinet of the cool chamber.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he went out: and Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber <i>were</i> locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/3-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=829" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/3.htm">Ehud</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">After Ehud</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yā·ṣā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">was gone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">Eglon’s servants</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came in</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: way·yir·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and found</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817: dal·ṯō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A door. From dalah; something swinging, i.e. The valve of a door.">the doors</a> <a href="/hebrew/5944.htm" title="5944: hā·‘ă·lî·yāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A roof chamber. Feminine from alah; something lofty, i.e. A stair-way; also a second-story room; figuratively, the sky.">of the upper room</a> <a href="/hebrew/5274.htm" title="5274: nə·‘u·lō·wṯ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; properly, to fasten up, i.e. With a bar or cord; hence, to sandal, i.e. Furnish with slippers.">locked.</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">“</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">He must be</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5526.htm" title="5526: mê·sîḵ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or sakak; a primitive root; properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, protect.">relieving himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lāw (N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4747.htm" title="4747: ham·mə·qê·rāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Coolness. From the same as qar; a cooling off.">in the cool</a> <a href="/hebrew/2315.htm" title="2315: ba·ḥă·ḏar (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A chamber, room. From chadar; an apartment.">room,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">they said.</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/24-3.htm">1 Samuel 24:3</a></span><br />Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-25.htm">1 Kings 22:25</a></span><br />Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">2 Kings 9:27</a></span><br />When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/18-9.htm">2 Samuel 18:9-10</a></span><br />Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair. / When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/26-3.htm">1 Samuel 26:3-5</a></span><br />Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there, / David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived. / Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-50.htm">1 Kings 1:50-51</a></span><br />But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar. / It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm">2 Kings 10:25</a></span><br />When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/19-11.htm">1 Samuel 19:11-12</a></span><br />Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!” / So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/17-18.htm">2 Samuel 17:18-19</a></span><br />But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it. / Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/23-13.htm">1 Samuel 23:13-14</a></span><br />Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth. / And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">1 Kings 19:3</a></span><br />And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2-3</a></span><br />But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed. / And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-65.htm">Matthew 27:65-66</a></span><br />“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” / So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-6.htm">Acts 12:6-10</a></span><br />On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison. / Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists. / “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-2.htm">Matthew 28:2-4</a></span><br />Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it. / His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. / The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber.</p><p class="hdg">covereth or, doeth his easement</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/24-3.htm">1 Samuel 24:3</a></b></br> And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where <i>was</i> a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Bolted</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/matthew/6-6.htm">Closet</a> <a href="/judges/3-20.htm">Cool</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-12.htm">Covereth</a> <a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/judges/1-35.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/judges/3-21.htm">King's</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Locked</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Parlor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-11.htm">Private</a> <a href="/judges/3-4.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Room</a> <a href="/judges/3-14.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/judges/3-20.htm">Summer</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Summer-House</a> <a href="/joshua/14-9.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/joshua/22-33.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/judges/3-20.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/13-18.htm">Bolted</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Closet</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-27.htm">Cool</a> <a href="/judges/4-18.htm">Covereth</a> <a href="/judges/4-18.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/judges/4-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/judges/9-46.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/judges/8-18.htm">King's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-7.htm">Locked</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Parlor</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-22.htm">Private</a> <a href="/judges/6-37.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Room</a> <a href="/judges/6-8.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Summer</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Summer-House</a> <a href="/judges/4-9.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/judges/5-10.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-11.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-1.htm">The nations which were left to prove Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-5.htm">By communion with them they commit idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-8.htm">Othniel delivered them from Chushan-Rishathaim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Ehud from Eglon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/3-31.htm">and Shamgar from the Philistines</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act was part of God's deliverance of Israel from Moabite oppression. Ehud's departure signifies the completion of his mission and the beginning of Israel's liberation. The narrative highlights God's use of unexpected means and people to achieve His purposes, as seen throughout the book of Judges.<p><b>Eglon’s servants came in</b><br>The servants of King Eglon, who were likely accustomed to attending to his needs, entered the scene. Their presence underscores the normalcy of court life and the routine duties of servants in ancient Near Eastern palaces. This moment sets the stage for the discovery of Eglon's death, which would have been shocking and disruptive to the Moabite court.<p><b>and found the doors of the upper room locked</b><br>The locked doors indicate Ehud's careful planning and execution of his plan to escape undetected. The upper room, often used for private meetings or rest, suggests a place of vulnerability for Eglon. The locked doors also symbolize the temporary concealment of the king's death, allowing Ehud time to escape and rally Israel.<p><b>“He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said</b><br>The servants' assumption reflects cultural norms regarding privacy and modesty. The "cool room" likely refers to a private chamber designed for comfort, possibly with ventilation to provide relief from the heat. This assumption delayed their discovery of Eglon's death, illustrating how God orchestrated events to ensure Ehud's successful escape. The delay also emphasizes the irony and humiliation of Eglon's demise, contrasting the king's perceived dignity with the reality of his situation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ehud.htm">Ehud</a></b><br>A left-handed judge of Israel who delivered the Israelites from Moabite oppression by assassinating King Eglon.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eglon.htm">Eglon</a></b><br>The king of Moab who oppressed the Israelites for eighteen years before being killed by Ehud.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation east of Israel that subjugated the Israelites during this period.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_servants_of_eglon.htm">The Servants of Eglon</a></b><br>They were responsible for attending to King Eglon and were present during the events of <a href="/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24</a>.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_upper_room.htm">The Upper Room</a></b><br>The private chamber where King Eglon was killed by Ehud.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_deliverance.htm">God's Sovereignty in Deliverance</a></b><br>God raises unlikely heroes to deliver His people, demonstrating His control over history and His ability to use anyone for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Ehud's willingness to act on God's command shows the importance of obedience in fulfilling God's plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perception_vs._reality.htm">Perception vs. Reality</a></b><br>The servants' misunderstanding of the situation in the upper room reminds us that human perception can be flawed, and we must seek God's wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_timing.htm">God's Timing</a></b><br>The delay of Eglon's servants in discovering the truth allowed Ehud to escape, illustrating that God's timing is perfect in executing His plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_faith.htm">Courage in Faith</a></b><br>Ehud's boldness in confronting Eglon challenges us to act courageously in faith when God calls us to action.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_ehud_in_history_or_the_bible.htm">Who is Ehud in historical or biblical context?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_empower_ehud,_an_assassin.htm">Why does Judges 3:12-15 depict God empowering an assassin (Ehud) if murder is condemned elsewhere in scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_king_eglon's_death_exaggerated.htm">Could the graphic details of King Eglon's death (Judges 3:21-25) be historically accurate or are they exaggerated?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_genesis_24_14_approved.htm">Why is a sign-based approach (Genesis 24:14) seemingly approved here, when similar methods are discouraged in other biblical passages?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">Behold, the doors of the parlour were locked.</span>--It never occurred to them to suppose that they could have been fastened from without. "They were not strictly on the watch, both because of the heat and because they had gone to dinner" (Jos.).<p><span class= "bld">Surely he covereth his feet.</span>--They assumed that the king had fastened the door inside for the sake of privacy. The margin correctly explains the phrase "covereth his feet," following the LXX. in <span class= "ital">both </span>their readings (<span class= "ital">apokenoi tous podas B. pros diphrous kath?tai. </span>A) and the "Vulgate (<span class= "ital">purgat alvum</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>the Chaldee, and the Syriac. Josephus gives the same explanation when alluding to the scene described in <a href="/1_samuel/24-4.htm" title="And the men of David said to him, Behold the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it shall seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privately.">1Samuel 24:4</a> (Jos., <span class= "ital">Antt. vi.</span> 13, ? 3), though here (<span class= "ital">Antt. v.</span> 4, ? 2) he explains it erroneously of "lying down to sleep." It is an Eastern euphemism taken from spreading out the garments while relieving the needs of nature (Bochart, <span class= "ital">Hierozoicon, </span>i. 677).<p><span class= "bld">In his summer chamber.</span>--The word used for "chamber" (<span class= "ital">cheder</span>) is not the same as in <a href="/judges/3-20.htm" title="And Ehud came to him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God to you. And he arose out of his seat.">Judges 3:20</a>. It may mean either <span class= "ital">gyn?ceum, i.e., "</span>women's apartments," or some "retiring place," as rendered by the Alexandrian Codex of the LXX.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span>- Covereth his feet, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> is asleep (see <a href="/1_samuel/24-3.htm">1 Samuel 24:3</a>). The servants, finding the door locked, and all quiet within, coneluded that he was taking his <span class="accented">sie<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/3-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After Ehud</span><br /><span class="heb">וְה֤וּא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was gone,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָצָא֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṣā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Eglon’s servants</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲבָדָ֣יו</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came in</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֔אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and found</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the doors</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּלְת֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(dal·ṯō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1817.htm">Strong's 1817: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something swinging, the valve of a, door</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the upstairs room</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ă·lî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5944.htm">Strong's 5944: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">locked.</span><br /><span class="heb">נְעֻל֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·‘u·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5274.htm">Strong's 5274: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten up, with a, bar, cord, to sandal, furnish with slippers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“He must be</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֛וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">relieving</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵסִ֥יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·sîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5526.htm">Strong's 5526: </a> </span><span class="str2">To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">himself in the cool</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mə·qê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4747.htm">Strong's 4747: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cooling off</span><br /><br /><span class="word">room,”</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֲדַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥă·ḏar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2315.htm">Strong's 2315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chamber, room</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they said.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/3-24.htm">OT History: Judges 3:24 Now when he was gone out his (Jd Judg. 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