And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon is a very fat man.
And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.
Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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And he brought a present unto Eglon king of Moab,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
What did you mean by saying, two thousand fall at the side? Naturally, when the right hand is designated and the left is not, the side is named in place of the left hand. It would not be right, certainly, for the just man to have a left hand: "If someone strikes you on the right cheek," counsels the Lord, "turn to him the other also." Notice that he did not say, "the left also," for it is not the left cheek that is offered, but another right cheek.
Jerome· HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 20 (Ps 90), 420patristic
Eglon was a very fat man - The איש בריא ish bari of the text is translated by the Septuagint ανηρ αστειος σφοδρα, a very beautiful or polite man, and in the Syriac, a very rude man. It probably means what we call lusty or corpulent.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The verses this one reaches8
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Job 15:27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
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They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the…
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
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Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
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But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly…
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
