Judges 3:17

And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

In Context

16And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.

18And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:29Wherefore do ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon mine oblation which I have commanded [in my] habitation? And thou honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the primest of all the oblations of Israel my people.

Psalms 73:7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

Jeremiah 5:28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, [it is] I, and 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 →

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