20 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.

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20 Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace[a](A) and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose(B) from his seat,

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 3:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 24.

22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

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22 It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment,(A) with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him.

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