15. But when Bnei-Yisrael cried out to Adonai, Adonai raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud son of Gera the Benjamite—a left-handed man. Now Bnei-Yisrael sent tribute with him to King Eglon of Moab.
16. Ehud made himself a double-edged sword, a cubit in length, which he girded on his right thigh under his cloak.
17. Then he presented the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Eglon was a very fat man.
18. Now when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he dismissed the people who had carried the tribute,