24. When 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 and 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 reached the mountains of Ephraim he blew the trumpet. The people of Israel heard it and went down from the hills with Ehud leading them.