Judges 3:14

So the children of Israel serued Eglon king of Moab eighteene yeeres.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13And he gathered vnto him the children of Ammon, and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and they possessed the citie of palme trees.

15But when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord, the Lord stirred them vp a sauiour, Ehud the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini, a man lame of his right hande: and the children of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon King of Moab.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:23Yet if by these ye will not be reformed by me, but walke stubburnly against me,

Deuteronomy 28:47Because thou seruedst not the Lord thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good heart for 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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