1284 BC: Judge Ehud and the Word of God

All while the oppression of Israel continued under the rule of Eglon, King of Moab, God had a judge in mind who was fashioning and forging a sword for a political assassination which would overthrow Eglon. In an account filled with symbolism, Ehud arrives to pay tribute to Eglon, but instead assassinates Eglon with his double-edged sword in an upper room and escapes and blows a shofar and rallys Israel to assist him in surrounding Eglon's army and takes them down and frees Israel.