Judges 3:14

The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

In Context

13He gathered the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.

15But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a saviour for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:23“‘If by these things you won’t be turned back to me, but will walk contrary to me,

Deuteronomy 28:47Because you didn’t serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;

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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