At the carved images near Gilgal he returned and said, ‘King Eglon, I have a secret message for you.’ The king said, ‘Silence! ’ and all his attendants left him.
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his upstairs room where it was cool. Ehud said, ‘I have a message from God for you,’ and the king stood up from his throne.
Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants, so he called out, ‘Send everyone away from me! ’ No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers.