“But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.”
Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he fastened it on his right thigh under his clothes. — Ehud's weapon construction ('a sword with two edges, a cubit in length') indicates a short sword or dagger rather than a standard battlefield weapon. The cubit measurement (approximately 18 inches) emphasizes its concealment potential and close-combat effectiveness. The specification that he 'fastened it on his right thigh under his clothes' indicates deliberate concealment strategy, suggesting that Ehud planned an assassination rather than open combat.
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