23. Ehud went out to the porch. He shut the doors of the upstairs room behind him. Then he locked them.
24. After he had gone, the servants came. They found the doors of the upstairs room locked. They said, "Eglon must be going to the toilet in the inside room of the house."
25. They waited for a long time. They waited so long they became worried. But the king still didn't open the doors of the room. So they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their king. He had fallen to the floor. He was dead.
26. While Eglon's servants had been waiting, Ehud had gotten away. He passed by the statues of gods and escaped to Seirah.
27. There in the hill country of Ephraim he blew a trumpet. Then he led the people of Israel down from the hills.
28. "Follow me," Ehud ordered. "The Lord has handed your enemy Moab over to you." So they followed him down. They took over the only places where people could go across the Jordan River to get to Moab. They didn't let anyone go across.
29. At that time they struck down about 10,000 men of Moab. All of those men were strong and powerful. But not even one escaped.
30. That day Moab was brought under the rule of Israel. So the land was at peace for 80 years.