Judges 3:17

And he went, and brought the presents to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon was a very handsome man.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.

18And it came to pass when Ehud had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:29And wherefore hast thou looked upon mine incense offering and my meat offering with a shameless eye, and hast honored thy sons above me, so that they should bless themselves with the firstfruits of every sacrifice of Israel before me?

Psalms 73:7They have burned thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; 1 They have profaned the habitation of thy name. 1

Jeremiah 5:28and they have transgressed the rule of judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will separate between the strong sheep and the weak 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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