Judges 3:14

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

Updated King James Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and stroke Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

15But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:23And if all of you will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

Deuteronomy 28:47Because you served not the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of 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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