Verse 17

He presented the tribute to Eglon, king of Moab, who was a very fat man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 3:29 : 29 At that time, they struck down about ten thousand Moabite men, all strong and able-bodied; not a single one escaped.
  • 1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel?
  • Job 15:27 : 27 Though he has covered his face with fat and clothed his waist with layers of flesh,
  • Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.
  • Jer 50:11 : 11 'Because you rejoice and celebrate, you who plunder my inheritance; because you frolic like a threshing heifer and neigh like stallions,'
  • Ezek 34:20 : 20 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says to them: Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.