Judges 3:19

But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, king."The king said, "Keep silence!" All who stood by him went out from him.

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In The King James Version

But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

In Context

18When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.

20Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, "I have a message from God to you." He arose out of his seat.

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Cross References

Joshua 4:20Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.

2 Samuel 13:9She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, "Have all men leave me." Every man went out from him.

Psalms 78:58For they provoked him to anger with their high places,and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

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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