Eglon Rises for God and Earns Ruth and Solomon

Another interpretation (of Judges 3:16): "And Ehud made himself a sword," and he set it on his right thigh. He came in to Eglon and said to him, "I have a word of God for you" — (the king) "and he arose from his seat" (Judges 3:20). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: You have apportioned honor to Me and stood up from your throne for the sake of My honor; by your life, I will raise up from you a daughter from whom shall arise a son, and I will set him upon My throne. This is Ruth the Moabite, from whom arose Solomon, of whom it is written, "And Solomon sat upon the throne of the Lord" (I Chronicles 29:23). What is written? "And Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from off his right thigh" (Judges 3:21). "In the morning he devours the prey" — "and he thrust it into his belly" — "and at evening he divides the spoil" (Genesis 49:27).