Judges 3:23

into the porch The rendering is a guess; the Hebr. word misděron, perhaps = -a row" of pillars, must denote the part of the building to which Ehud went out when he left the -upper chamber," but the precise meaning is unknown; -colonnade," -vestibule," have been suggested.

upon him i.e. Eglon; the doorsare the two leaves of a double door, cf. Judges 16:3; 1 Kings 6:31 f. The form of the tense and locked themis incorrect; the words were probably added by a scribe to account for the locked doors in Judges 3:24 (Moore, Budde).