{They left the king’s palace.} When {Ehud} reached the statues [27] near Gilgal, he turned and went back {to see the king}. Ehud said to King Eglon, “King, I have a secret message for you.”
Joseph could not control himself any longer. He cried in front of all the people who were there. Joseph said, “Tell everyone to leave here.” So all the people left. Only the brothers were left with Joseph. Then Joseph told them who he was.
Then Tamar took the cakes out of the pan and set them out for Amnon. But Amnon refused to eat. Amnon said to his servants, “Get out of here. Leave me alone!” So all of his servants left the room.
The people of Israel built high places {\cf2\super [453]} \par and made God angry.\par They built statues of false gods\par and made God very jealous.\par
So the Lord became angry with the people of Israel, and he said, “This nation has broken the Agreement that I made with their ancestors. [21] They have not listened to me.