Judges 3:17
And he offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
In Context
18And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the men who bore the tribute.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:29Why do ye kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Psalms 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.
Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus says lord LORD to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
Matthew Henry on Judges 3:13-31
Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. ( b. c. 1336.) 12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord . 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord , the… Read the whole commentary →