Judges 3:19

but, 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

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;

20And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat.

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Cross References

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

2 Samuel 13:9Then took she the pan and put them out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said—Have forth every one from me. And they went out every one from him.

Psalms 78:58And provoked him to anger with their high places, And, with their images, used to move him to jealousy.

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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