Judges 3:18

And 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;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

In Context

17So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab,—now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man.

19but, he himself, turned back from the images that were by Gilgal, and said, A secret word, have I, unto thee, O king! And he said—Silence! Thereupon went out from his presence all who had been standing near him.

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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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