12. And again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. So Yahweh strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
13. He gathered to himself the Ammonites and Amalekites, and he went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the city of palms.
14. And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
15. And the Israelites cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjaminite and a left-handed man. And the Israelites sent a tribute to Eglon king of Moab through him.
16. Ehud made for himself a short, two-edged sword (a cubit in length), and he fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.
17. Then he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
18. When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.