Judges 3:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. ”

Judges 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ehud, the Benjamite. D's setting of the story of Ehud is apparent in Judges 3:12-15 a and Judges 3:30 . The story itself is a genuine folk-tale, handed down from century to century before bein...
Judges 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

present . admittance-offering. Hebrew. korban. App-43.
Judges 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. Eglon was a very fat man - The איש בריא ish bari of the text is translated by the Septuagint ανηρ αστειος σφοδρα, a...
Judges 3:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 ag...
Judges 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
Judges 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Arist...
Judges 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DAGGER AND THE OX-GOAD Judges 3:12-31 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 witho...
Judges 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the “Message from God” Judges 3:15-31 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 mo...
Judges 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Judges 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 suspici...
Judges 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Judges 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 soldier...
Judges 3:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Judges 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. B. C. 1336. 12 And the children of Isr...
Judges 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ 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 tr...
Judges 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ADDED SIN, RENEWED CHASTISEMENT, AND GRACIOUS DELIVERANCE. Judges 3:12-30 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 3:12 . Did evil again in sight of the Lord .] The word הָרַע or רָעָה from רוּעַ is used the s...
Judges 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 revo...
Judges 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Judges 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 , Judge...
Judges 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ehud and the Moabites
Judges 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
Judges 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The present — Which was to be paid to him as a part of his tribute.

Judges 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 3:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 3:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 3:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes