Eglon
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 done evil in the sight of the LORD....
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But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD
raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite,
a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a
present unto Eglon the king of Moab....
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And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him
out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, [and] the king of
Eglon....
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was the king of Moab who suppressed Israel in the time of the
Judges.
He was the head of the confederacy of Moab, Ammon and Amalek
in their assault. One day, Ehud came presenting a customary
tribute and tricked Eglon and stabbed him with his sword, but
when Ehud attempted to draw the sword back out, the obese
king's excess fat prevented its re...
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eg'-lon (`eghlon, "circle"): A king of Moab in the period of
the Judges who, in alliance with Ammon and Amalek, overcame
Israel and made Jericho his capital, presumably driven across
the Jordan by the turmoil in his own kingdom which at that
time was probably being used as a battle ground by Edom and
the desert tribes (compare Gen 36:35)....
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1. King of Moab
Assassinated by Ehud
Jud 3:12-30
-2. An ancient city of Canaan
Captured by Joshua
Jos 10:23,35
Allotted to the tribe of Judah
Jos 15:39...
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(calf-like).
1. A king of the Moabites, Jud 3:12 ff., who, aided by
the Ammonites and the Amelekites, crossed the Joran and took
"the city of palm trees." (B.C. 1359.) here, according to
Josephus, he built himself a palace, and continued for
eighteen years to oppress the children of Israel, who paid him
tribute. He was slain by Ehud. [EHUD]
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the bullock; place of heifers. (1.) Chieftain or king of one
of
the Moabite tribes (Judg. 3:12-14). Having entered
into an
alliance with Ammon and Amalek, he overran the
trans-Jordanic
region, and then crossing the Jordan, seized on
Jericho, the
"city of palm trees," which had been by this time
rebuilt, but
not as a fortress. He made this...
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1. King of Moab. With Amalekites and Ammonites crossed the
Jordan and took Jericho the city of palmtrees, left
unwalled, and therefore an easy prey to the foe, because of
Joshua's curse in destroying it 60 years before. There
(according to Josephus) Eglon built a palace. For 18 years
he oppressed Israel. Ehud, a young Israelite of Jericho,
ga...
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