Eglon עֶגְלוֹן

Moabite king. Eglon, king of Moab, oppressed Israel for 18 years until Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, assassinated him and delivered Israel.

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Where Eglon appears

Judges (4)

Key verses

• Judges 3:12 first mention — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Judges 3:14 — So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
• Judges 3:15 — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
• Judges 3:17 — And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.