23. He went out of the room and closed and locked the doors behind him.
24. The servants returned just after Ehud left. They found the doors to the room locked. So they thought the king was relieving himself.
25. They waited for a long time. Finally they became worried because he still had not opened the doors. So they got the key and unlocked them. When they entered, they saw their king lying dead on the floor!
26. While the servants were waiting, Ehud had escaped. He passed by the statues and went to Seirah.
27. When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the mountains of Ephraim. The people of Israel heard it and went down from the hills with Ehud leading them.
28. He said to them, “Follow me! The Lord has helped us to defeat our enemies, the people of Moab.” So Israel followed Ehud. They took control of the places where the Jordan River could easily be crossed. Israel did not allow the Moabites to come across the Jordan River.
29. Israel killed about 10,000 strong and able men from Moab. Not one Moabite man escaped.
30. So that day Moab was forced to be under the rule of Israel. And there was peace in the land for 80 years.
31. After Ehud, another man saved Israel. His name was Shamgar son of Anath. Shamgar killed 600 Philistines with a sharp stick used to guide oxen.