This is a model of Eglon's Palace that was excavated at Jericho. The model is about 11 inches long by 9 inches wide, by 6.5 inches tall. The roof is removable so you can see the throne room inside.
Eglon King of Moab attacked Israel and took possession of the City of Palms which is the city of Jericho for eighteen years. Ehud, a left-handed man, son of Gera the Benjamite, made a doubled edge sword about 18 inches long, and strapped it to his right thigh under his clothing. Ehud brought tribute to Eglon who was very fat. Ehud told Eglon he had a secret message, so he was left alone with Eglon who was in his upper room of his summer palace at Jericho. Ehud stabs Eglon in the belly. The fat covers the handle of the sword. Ehud locks the doors of the upper room and escapes (Judges 3:12-30).
British archaeologist John Garstang excavated Jericho in 1933. He discovered a large structure that he identified as Eglon’s palace. Garstang named it the “Middle Building” because it was between the Iron Age structures and the destroyed Bronze Age city, about the second half of the fourteenth century BC. The building measured 39 by 48 feet, and had expensive local and imported pottery inside. A cuneiform tablet was discovered indicating the owner was involved in high-level administrative duties.
This model is based on the archaeological evidence from Jericho and other similar buildings from this time period. Baruch Halpern suggests that Ehud escaped through the toilet shaft that was in Eglon’s upper room.