3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s 2 servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself 3 in the well-ventilated inner room.” 4
The Israelites retreated before 5 Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.
1 tn Heb “saw.”
2 tn Heb “his.”
3 tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).
4 tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.
3 tn Heb “gave place to.”