Judges 3:17

So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab,—now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length,—and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh.

18And so it was, when he had made an end of offering the present, that he sent away the people who had been bearing the present;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:29Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,—and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me?

Psalms 73:7Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;

Jeremiah 5:28They have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper,—Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, unto them: Here am I myself. Therefore will I judge between fat sheep and lean 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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