Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Judges 3:17
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and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
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And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon [was] a very fat man.
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He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
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And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
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Judges 3
15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
16 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
17 and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.
18 After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
19 But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
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