Judges 3:20

3:20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated ¹  upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God ²  for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat, ³ 

Judges 3:24

3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ⁴  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ⁵  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ⁶ 

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¹ tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.

² tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”

³ tn Or “throne.”

⁴ tn Heb “his.”

⁵ tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).

⁶ 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.