And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Ehud went forth through the porch,.... Which the Targum interprets by "exedra", a place, as Kimchi, where there were many seats, either for the people to sit in while waiting to have admittance…
Barnes' Notes
The King James Version and margin give different explanations of the last words of this verse. Others explain it of a vestibule or chamber, through which Ehud passed into the porch where the entrance…
Ehud is the next of the judges whose achievements are related in this history, and here is an account of his actions.
I. When Israel sins again God raises up a new oppressor, Jdg 3:12-14. It was an…
Cambridge Bible
and it came out behind i.e. the sword; but this is hardly grammatical, for swordis fem. and came outis mas. The marg. he went out into the ante-chamberis merely based upon a guess of the LXX (τὴν…