13. Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
14. The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.
15. Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
16. Now Ehud had made a double-edged sword about a cubit long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing.