25. The servants waited for a long time, but the king never opened the doors to the upper room. Finally, the servants got worried. They got the key and unlocked the doors. When the servants entered, they saw their king lying dead on the floor.
26. While the servants were waiting for the king, Ehud had time to escape. He passed by the statues and went toward the place named Seirah.
27. When Ehud came to Seirah, he blew a trumpet there in the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites heard the trumpet and went down from the hills with Ehud leading them.
28. He said to the Israelites, “Follow me! The Lord has helped us defeat our enemies, the Moabites.” So the Israelites followed Ehud. They went down with him to take control of the places where people could easily cross the Jordan River into the land of Moab. The Israelites did not allow any one to go across the Jordan River.
29. They killed about 10,000 strong and brave men from Moab. Not one Moabite man escaped.
30. So on that day the Israelites began to rule over the Moabites, and there was peace in the land for 80 years.