Judges 3:17

New Century Version

Ehud gave Eglon king of Moab the payment he demanded. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

Cross References

Job 15:27

“Although the faces of the wicked are thick with fat, and their bellies are fat with flesh,

Psalm 73:19

They are destroyed in a moment; they are swept away by terrors.

Psalm 73:7

They are looking for profits and do not control their selfish desires.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown big and fat. There is no end to the evil things they do. They won’t plead the case of the orphan or help the poor be judged fairly.

Jeremiah 50:11

“Babylon, you are excited and happy, because you took my land. You dance around like a young cow in the grain. Your laughter is like the neighing of male horses.

Ezekiel 34:20

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says to them: I, myself, will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.

Judges 3:16

Ehud made himself a sword with two edges, about eighteen inches long, and he tied it to his right hip under his clothes.

Judges 3:18

After he had given Eglon the payment, Ehud sent away the people who had carried it.

Judges 3:29

Israel killed about ten thousand strong and able men from Moab; not one escaped.

1 Samuel 2:29

So why don’t you respect the sacrifices and gifts? You honor your sons more than me. You grow fat on the best parts of the meat the Israelites bring to me.’