7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the idols. 8Therefore the anger of the LORD burned hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. 9And when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war; and the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hand; and he prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim. 11And the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died.

12And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14So the children of Israel served Eglon, king of Moab, eighteen years.

15But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed; and by him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon, king of Moab. 16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17And he brought the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab; and Eglon was a very fat man. 18And when he had finished offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute. 19But he himself turned back at the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, “I have a secret errand to you, O king”; who said, “Keep silence”. And all who stood by him went out from him. 20And Ehud came to him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he had for himself, alone. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you”. And Ehud arose out of his seat. 21And put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into Eglon’s belly: 22And the hilt also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not withdraw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. 23Then Ehud went out through the porch, shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them. 24When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, “Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber”. 25And they tarried till they were ashamed. And the king didn’t open the doors of the parlor; they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah. 27And it came to pass, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

28And he said to them, “Follow after me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand”. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and permitted no man to pass over. 29And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all healthy men of valor; and not a man escaped. 30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.

31And after him was Shamgar, the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also delivered Israel.