Judges 3:17

He gave the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Ehud made himself a sword that had two edges, one cubit in length; he strapped it on under his clothing on his right thigh.

18After Ehud had presented the tribute payment, he left with those who had carried it in.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:29Why, then, do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings that I required in the place where I live? Why do you honor your sons above me by making yourselves fat with the best of every offering of my people Israel?'

Psalms 73:7Out of such blindness comes sin; 1 evil thoughts pass through their hearts. 1

Jeremiah 5:28They have become fat; they shine with well-being. They crossed over all bounds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause of the people, 1 or the cause of the orphan. They prosper even though they have not given justice to the needy. 1

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this to them: Behold! I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the thin ones,

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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