0 In Judges 3, Ehud delivers a message from God to king Eglon. What was the message?

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In Judges 3, Ehud delivers a message from God to king Eglon. What was the message?


A knife blade thrust into king Eglon's belly.

But 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.
Ehud made a two-edged dagger, 18 inches long, and he hid it under his clothes next to his right thigh.
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. ...
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
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. Judges 3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. But 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. Ehud made a two-edged dagger, 18 inches long, and he hid it under his clothes next to his right thigh. And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. ... And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 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. Judges 3:15

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