When Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent the people who carried the tribute on their way.
Then he presented the tribute to King Eglon of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
But he himself turned back at the sculptured stones near Gilgal and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” So the king said, “Silence!” and all his attendants went out from his presence.