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Ehud, the left-handed deliverer of Israel, stands in the private chamber of King Eglon of Moab with a concealed sword drawn from his right thigh. The Moabite king recoils from his seat, hands lifted in alarm, as the tense moment from Judges 3 unfolds inside a royal room marked by wealth and foreign power. The scene captures the instant after Ehud announces, “I have a message from God for you,” turning an audience with an oppressor into an act of judgment and deliverance. In the biblical account, Israel had cried out under Moabite domination, and the Lord raised up Ehud to free His people. The left-handed strike emphasizes God’s use of unexpected servants and hidden means to overthrow tyranny. This artwork serves teaching themes of divine deliverance, courage, judgment, oppression, and the period of the judges.