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Verse Judges 3:17. _EGLON_ WAS _A VERY FAT MAN._] The איש בריא
_ish bari_ of the text is translated by the _Septuagint_ ανηρ
αστειος σφοδρα, _a_ _very beautiful_ or _polite man_, and
in the Syriac, _a...
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2. SECOND DECLENSION UNDER MOAB--EHUD AND SHAMGAR
CHAPTER 3:12-31
_ 1. The second declension: serving Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:12)_
2. Ehud raised up (Judges 3:15)
3. Eglon, king of Moab, sla...
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EHUD, THE BENJAMITE. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in
Judges 3:12_ a_ and Judges 3:30. The story itself is a genuine
folk-tale, handed down from century to century before being committe...
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PRESENT. admittance-offering. Hebrew. _korban._ App-43....
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_Ehud delivers Israel from Moab_
The story of Ehud is furnished by the editor with an introduction
(Judges 3:12 a) and conclusion (Judges 3:30) in his usual manner. The
narrative thus enclosed is one...
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_he offered the present_ The place is not mentioned; we are to think
of some royal city in Moab, rather than of Jericho....
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EGLON WAS A VERY FAT MAN— The LXX render it, _a very polite man;_
with a view probably to account for the civility wherewith this prince
admitted Ehud to an audience: but our translation is more agree...
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_Ehud Delivers Israel from Moab Judges 3:12-30_
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...
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_AND HE BROUGHT THE PRESENT UNTO EGLON KING OF MOAB: AND EGLON WAS A
VERY FAT MAN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR
1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
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HISTORY OF THE JUDGES (JUDGES 3:5 TO JUDGES 16:31)
On this, the main section of the book, see Intro. § 2 and List of
Oppressions and Judges. The larger part of the book is concerned with
six of the Ju...
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BROUGHT] RV 'offered,' as in 1 Chronicles 12:18....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 These are the nations that the *Lord left. He left them in order
to test *Israel’s people. These people had not fought any wars in
*Canaan. V2...
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HE BROUGHT THE PRESENT. — Literally,”caused it to come near.”
Josephus, in his version of the story, evidently means to insinuate a
parallel between the deed of Ehud and that of Harmodius and
Aristogi...
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וַ יַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת ־הַ מִּנְחָ֔ה לְ
עֶגְלֹ֖ון
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THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD
Judges 3:12
THE world is served by men of very diverse kinds, and we pass now to
one who is in strong contrast to Israel's first deliverer. Othniel the
judge without reproa...
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THE “MESSAGE FROM GOD”
Judges 3:15
The sword is usually worn at the left hand, and Ehud escaped suspicion
because his was girded under his raiment on his _right_ thigh. Eglon
was also the more ready...
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God left certain nations, a company of stem, implacable enemies, in
order to prove Israel. The overruling of God is set forth remarkably
in this declaration. The people who had refused to cast out the...
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After the death of that great spiritual leader, Israel again began to
worship idols and God allowed Eglon the king of Moab to conquer them,
with the help of the Ammonites and Amalekites. Eglon ruled o...
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_Fat. The ancient version used by St. Augustine had, "lean," which he
justly took in an ironical sense. Septuagint asteios, signifies
"beautiful and genteel." (Calmet) --- Serarius explains it in the...
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Every circumstance related in this transaction, manifests that it was
of God. Eglon was overawed at the supposed message from God, so as to
arise. His servants were blinded to any thoughts of suspicio...
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The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of
His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their
practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5.
God, knowing what the people were, and what was their condition, had
left within the borders of their land that which put obedience to the
proof-...
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AND HE BROUGHT A PRESENT UNTO EGLON KING OF MOAB,.... Accompanied by
two servants, as Josephus says b, and who doubtless bore the presents;
for that there were such with him that did is clear from Jud...
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_And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon [was] a
very fat man._
Ver. 17. _And Eglon was a very fat man._] And so the better mark for
Ehud, and less able to resist. His soldiers...
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1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel.
6 By communion with them they commit idolatrie.
8 Othniel deliuereth them from Chushan-Rishathaim.
12 Ehud from Eglon.
31 Shamgar from the Philistin...
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THE NATIONS LEFT TO TEST ISRAEL
(vv. 1-6)
The younger Israelites had not learned war, and were faced now with
learning it by means of the nations left in the land, for God is not
going to exempt an...
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12-30 When Israel sins again, God raises up a new oppressor. The
Israelites did ill, and the Moabites did worse; yet because God
punishes the sins of his own people in this world, Israel is weakened,...
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THE PRESENT was to be paid to him as a part of his tribute. A VERY FAT
MAN, and therefore more unwieldy and unable to ward off Ehud's blow....
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Judges 3:17 brought H7126 (H8686) tribute H4503 Eglon H5700 king H4428
Moab H4124 Eglon H5700 very H3966 fat...
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‘ And he offered the present to Eglon, king of Moab. Now Eglon was a
very fat man.'
The present, or tribute, would be carried by servants who would bring
it in so that it could be checked. The tribut...
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CONTENTS: Apostasies of Israel. Deliverances through Othniel, Ehud and
Shamgar.
CHARACTERS: God, Othniel, Chushan-rishathian, Eglou, Ehud, Shamgar.
CONCLUSION: Man's memory is treacherous in that it...
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Judges 3:7. _The children of Israel served Baalim and the groves._ So
is the French. אשׁרות _asheroth;_ rendered by the Chaldaic and
the Latin versions, _lucis,_ light. The sense seems to be a revolt...
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_The Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel._
SIN--SUFFERING; PENITENCE AND DELIVERANCE REPEATED
I. New sin added: “Again”
1. A painful surprise.
2. Deeper guilt. It showed more de...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:7 The Downward Spiral of Israel’s
Unfaithfulness. The main part of the book of Judges 1:1 shows how
Israel fell increasingly into sin. It includes the storie
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 3:12 The story of Ehud killing Eglon is
graphic, highlighting the rough nature of this period and many of its
“heroes.”
⇐...
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_ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges
3:12_
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 3:12. DID EVIL AGAIN IN SIGHT OF THE LORD.]
The word הָרַע or רָעָה from רוּעַ is used the same
both he...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 3:13
THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see
Genesis 19:38; Deuteronomy 2:19,...
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Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel (Judges
3:1),
There were the Philistines, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the
Hittites and the Jebusites and the Perizzites and the Amor...
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1 Samuel 2:29; Ezekiel 34:20; Jeremiah 5:28; Jeremiah 50:11; Job 15:27
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The present — Which was to be paid to him as a part of his tribute....