24 When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, ⁿ“Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber.” 25 And they waited till they were embarrassed. But when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their lord dead on the floor.

26 Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond ^othe idols and escaped to Seirah. 27 When he arrived, ^phe sounded the trumpet in ^qthe hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader. 28 And he said to them, “Follow after me, ^rfor the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized ^sthe fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over. 29 And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. ^tAnd the land had rest for eighty years.