3:23a Then Ehud went out through the porch,

Then Ehud went out ⌊by a back way⌋ , onto the porch,
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Ehud left the palace ⌊by jumping down⌋ from a balcony.

3:23b closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

and shut and locked the doors of the room.
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He closed the doors to the king’s room behind him and locked them.

3:23a-b (reordered)

Ehud closed the doors to the upper room and locked them. Then he went out by another way over a porch.

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