Judges 3:24
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Went out by a postern door. And the king's servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.

covereth or, doeth his easement

1 Samuel 24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes which were in his way. And there was a cave, into which Saul went, to ease nature: now David and his men lay hid in the inner part of the cave.

Context
Ehud
23And Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour, and locking them, 24Went out by a postern door. And the king's servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.25And waiting a long time, till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.…
Cross References
Judges 3:20
Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne.

Judges 3:23
And Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour, and locking them,

Judges 3:25
And waiting a long time, till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.

1 Samuel 24:3
And he came to the sheepcotes which were in his way. And there was a cave, into which Saul went, to ease nature: now David and his men lay hid in the inner part of the cave.

Lexicon
After Ehud
וְה֤וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was gone,
יָצָא֙ (yā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

Eglon’s servants
וַעֲבָדָ֣יו (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

came in
בָּ֔אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and found
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

the doors
דַּלְת֥וֹת (dal·ṯō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

of the upstairs room
הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה (hā·‘ă·lî·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5944: Something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky

locked.
נְעֻל֑וֹת (nə·‘u·lō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5274: To fasten up, with a, bar, cord, to sandal, furnish with slippers

“He must be
ה֛וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

relieving
מֵסִ֥יךְ (mê·sîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect

himself in the cool
הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃ (ham·mə·qê·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4747: A cooling off

room,”
בַּחֲדַ֥ר (ba·ḥă·ḏar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2315: A chamber, room

they said.
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upstairs room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber.

Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

And he went out: and Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?

And when he was gone out, the servants of the [king] came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.

Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked; and they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer-chamber.

Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, "Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room."

and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, 'He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'
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