Judges 3:17

And he brought the present near unto 'Eglon the king of Moab; now 'Eglon was a very fat man.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his garments upon his right thigh.

18And it came to pass when he had made an end to offer the present, that he sent away the people who had borne the present.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:29Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at my meat-offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation? and [why] honoredst thou thy sons above me, to fatten yourselves with the first of every offering of Israel my people?

Psalms 73:7Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart's imaginings.

Jeremiah 5:28They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no [just] sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal unto them, Behold, I am here, and I will judge between the fat lamb and the lean lamb.

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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