Judges 3:17
And he presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:29Why have you kicked away my victims, and my gifts which I commanded to be offered in the temple: and thou hast rather honoured thy sons than me, to eat the firstfruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
Psalms 73:7Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
Jeremiah 5:28They are grown gross and fat: andhave most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.
Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself will judge between the fat cattle and the lean.
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 →