13. And [Eglon] gathered to him the men of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and they possessed the City of Palm Trees (Jericho).
14. And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
15. But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a left-handed man; and by him the Israelites sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
16. Ehud made for himself a sword, a cubit long, which had two edges, and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothing.
17. And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.