Judges 3:17
What meaning of the judges 3:17 in the Bible?
What does Judges 3:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man."
What does Judges 3:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man."
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...
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...
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...
PRESENT. admittance-offering. Hebrew. _korban._ App-43....
_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...
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...
_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...
_AND HE BROUGHT THE PRESENT UNTO EGLON KING OF MOAB: AND EGLON WAS A VERY FAT MAN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE STORY OF THE JUDGES. OTHNIEL. EHUD. SHAMGAR 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites....
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...
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...
וַ יַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת ־הַ מִּנְחָ֔ה לְ עֶגְלֹ֖ון מֶ֣לֶךְ מֹואָ֑ב וְ עֶגְלֹ֕ון אִ֥ישׁ בָּרִ֖יא מְאֹֽד׃...
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 repro...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
EHUD AND THE MOABITES...
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...
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,...
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....
Judges 3:17 brought H7126 (H8686) tribute H4503 Eglon H5700 king H4428 Moab H4124 Eglon H5700 very H3966 fat H1277 man H376) a very fat - Judges 3:29; 1 Samuel 2:29; Job 15:27; Psalms 73:7,...
‘ 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...
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...
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...
_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 d...
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 stories of 12 judges rais...
_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...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 3:13 THE CHILDREN OF AMMON. The technical name of the Ammonite people (see Genesis 19:38; Deuteronomy 2:19, Deuteronomy 2:37; Judges 10:6, Judges 10:11, Judges 10:17, etc.). Sometim...
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...
1 Samuel 2:29; Ezekiel 34:20; Jeremiah 5:28; Jeremiah 50:11; Job 15:27; Judges 3:29; Psalms 73:19; Psalms 73:7...
The present — Which was to be paid to him as a part of his tribute....