Judges 3:23

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 3:23

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Berean Standard Bible

Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

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KJV

King James Version

Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

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WEB

World English Bible

Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 3

²¹ And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

²² Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

²³ Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

²⁴ After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

²⁵ So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

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