Judges 3:26
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.
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
27 On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
28 “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
- KJV
- And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
- WEB
- Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah.
- ASV
- And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
- DARBY
- And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
- BLB
- And Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
- ÅB
- Mens de gav seg tid, slapp Ehud bort; han var allerede kommet forbi stenbruddene og kom fram til Se'ira.
- OTB
- Mens de ventet, rømte Ehud, forbi steinbildene og flyktet til Seira.
- B1930
- Mens de gav sig tid, slapp Ehud bort; han var allerede kommet forbi stenbruddene og kom frem til Se'ira.