They struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
Most commentators regarded Ehud’s methods as entirely legitimate. [Note: E.g., Cundall and Morris; George Bush, Notes on Judges; Wood; Robert B. Chisholm Jr., "Ehud: Assessing an Assassin," Bibliotheca Sacra 168:671 (July-September 2011):274-82; et al.] Some, however, did not, as the following quotation illustrates.