Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese 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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — 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.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy