“And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.”
Now Ehud had escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Seirah. — Ehud's escape 'while they delayed' indicates that his assassination timing calculated to allow flight before pursuit could be organized. The geographical movement 'passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Seirah' traces the assassin's retreat to defensible territory where Israelite forces could mobilize.
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