John Gill's Exposition on Judges 3:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he brought a present unto Eglon king of Moab, etc.] Accompanied by two servants, as Josephus says f60, and who doubtless bore the presents; for that there were such with him that did is clear from (<070318>Judges 3:18); nor can it be thought that so great a personage as a judge in Israel should go alone and carry a present in his own hands; though it is possible, when come to the king of Moab, he might take it from his servants, and deliver it to him with his own hands: and Eglon [was] a very fat man: and so the less active, and unable to decline and avoid the stroke, he might see, when about to be given him.

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