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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Eglon. Every Eglon in the Bible

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    Eglon

    עֶגְלוֹן

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

    verses
    4
    first named
    Judges 3:12
    last named
    Judges 3:20
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Moab

    Description

    Who was Eglon?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Eglon was the king of Moab who oppressed the Israelites for eighteen years, as recorded in the book of Judges. After the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord, God strengthened Eglon against them and allowed him to conquer and rule over Israel (Jdg.3.12-14).

    During this period of oppression, the Israelites cried out to the Lord for deliverance. In response, God raised up Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, as a deliverer (Jdg.3.15). Ehud crafted a double-edged sword and concealed it under his clothing.

    Acting as an emissary, Ehud brought tribute to Eglon, who is described as a very fat man (Jdg.3.17). After presenting the tribute, Ehud sent away the people who had carried it and returned to Eglon, claiming to have a secret message for him. When Eglon dismissed his attendants, Ehud approached him and declared, "I have a message from God for you" (Jdg.3.18-20).

    Ehud then drew his concealed sword with his left hand and thrust it into Eglon's belly. The sword's hilt sank in after the blade, and Eglon's fat closed over it. Ehud left the sword in Eglon's body and escaped, locking the doors of the upper room behind him (Jdg.3.21-23).

    Eglon's servants later discovered their king dead and Ehud long gone. Ehud rallied the Israelites, who seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab and struck down about 10,000 Moabites. This victory brought peace to the land for eighty years (Jdg.3.24-30).

    The story of Eglon's oppression and Ehud's assassination highlights the cycle of sin, oppression, and deliverance that characterizes the book of Judges. It also demonstrates God's faithfulness in raising up deliverers for His people when they cry out to Him.

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    How the graph connects Eglon6 of 6 entities the graph connects to Eglon, in one group: events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Israel4 events · 2,578 versesAmmon1 event · 123 versesSitting1 event · 122 versesJericho1 event · 61 versesAmalek1 event · 46 versesEhud4 events · 8 versesEglon

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Eglon happensThe one place the claims about Eglon reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Moab. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Eglon there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Moab
    before Israel's MonarchyThe one place the claims about Eglon reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 1 book. The name is written 5 times in them.

    1. Judges4 verses

      3:123:143:153:17

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    ElsewhereIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesElsewhereDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus ChristElsewhereJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and province

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