Ehud, the second judge over Israel (Judges 3: 20-21, 27-29)

Ehud (a Benjaminite) went with the other israelites as far as the statues at Gilgal. Then he turned back and went upstairs to the cool room where Eglon (King of Moab) had his throne. Ehud said, "Your Majesty, I need to talk with you in private." Eglon replied, "Don't say anything yet!" His officials left the room, and Eglon stood up as Ehud came closeer. "Yes," Ehud said, "I have a message to you from God!" Ehud pulled out the dagger with his left hand and shoved it so far into Eglon's stomach that it came out the other end. In the hill country of Ephriam he started blowing a signal on a trumpet. The Israelites came together and he shouted, Follow me! The LORD will help us defeat the Moabites." The Israelites folloed Ehud down the Jordan valley and they captured the places where people cross the river on the way to Moab. So Moab was subddued that day under the hand of israel. And the land was undisturbed for eighty years.
The Moabites with the support of the Ammonites and the Amalekites had crossed over the Jordan, invading the land of the Benjamites (cf. Josh 18:21), and had taken Jericho, the city of palms. What he wants to show is how astute this judge was and how he managed to humble the oppressors because God granted victory to him. The author makes a point to let the reader know that the land was undisturbed for eighty years which is two biblical generations and had retaken the land of inheritance of the Benjamites.
Daily Prayer: Father, I know that nobody can deliver out of your hand which is the very reason it is so important to be living according to your will. Whatever you decree, it will surely come to pass. Let me re-examine my salvation and work through it with pain and trembling so that I can come into the life you have given me. Amen.