Judges 3:17

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

Related Commentaries of 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-tal...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

present . admittance-offering. Hebrew. korban. App-43.
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 t...
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 E...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of the Judges. Othniel. Ehud. Shamgar 1-6. Israel's actual relations with the Canaanites.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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. T...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Brought] RV 'offered,' as in 1 Chronicles 12:18 .
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 betwee...
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...
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 r...
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 decl...
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. Hi...
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 tha...
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 m...
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 nation...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Oppressed by Eglon; Eglon Slain by Ehud. B. C. 1336....
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.
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 wou...
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 ....
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 vers...
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....
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 , Deuter...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ehud and the Moabites
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he brought the present unto Eglon, king of Moab, who had made the oasis of Jericho his headquarters while he held the supremacy over Israel; and...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

¹⁷ And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

Related Commentaries of Judges 3:17

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 3:17