THEOSISJudges 3:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he presented the gifts to Eglon, king of Moab Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וְעֶגְל֕וֹן אִ֥ישׁ בָּרִ֖יא מְאֹֽד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 5:28They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, and they have not judged the judgment of the poor.
- Ezek 34:20Therefore thus saith the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself will judge between the fat cattle and the lean.
- Jer 50:11Because you rejoice, and speak great things, pillaging my inheritance: because you are spread abroad as calves upon the grass, and have bellowed as bulls.
- Ps 73 (72):19
- Job 15:27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
- Judg 3:29But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and valiant men: none of them could escape.
- 1 Sam 2:29Why have you kicked away my victims, and my gifts which I commanded to be offered in the temple: and thou hast rather honoured thy sons than me, to eat the firstfruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
- Ps 73 (72):7