Jueces 3:18

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18 Despu茅s de entregar el pago, Aod emprendi贸 el regreso junto con los que le hab铆an ayudado a llevar el tributo.

Jueces 3:18 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 3:18

And when he had made an end to offer the present
Had delivered the several things contained in it, and very probably made a speech to the king in the name of the people of Israel from whom he brought it:

he sent away the people that bare the present;
not the servants of Eglon that introduced him, as if they assisted in bringing in the present to the king; for over them he could not have so much power as to dismiss them at pleasure; but the children of Israel that came along with him, and carried the present for him: these he dismissed, not in the presence of the king of Moab, but after he had taken his leave of him, and when he had gone on some way in his return home; and this he did for the greater secrecy of his design, and that he might when he had finished it the more easily escape alone, and be without any concern for or care of the safety of others.

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Jueces 3:18 In-Context

16 As铆 que Aod hizo una daga de dos filos, de unos treinta cent铆metros
de largo, la at贸 a su muslo derecho y la escondi贸 debajo de la ropa.
17 Luego le llev贸 el dinero del tributo a Egl贸n, quien era muy gordo.
18 Despu茅s de entregar el pago, Aod emprendi贸 el regreso junto con los que le hab铆an ayudado a llevar el tributo.
19 Pero cuando Aod lleg贸 a donde estaban los 铆dolos de piedra, cerca de Gilgal, se regres贸. Se present贸 ante Egl贸n y le dijo: 芦Tengo un mensaje secreto para usted禄. Entonces el rey les orden贸 a sus sirvientes que se callaran y que todos salieran de la habitaci贸n.
20 As铆 que Aod se acerc贸 a Egl贸n, quien estaba sentado solo en una habitaci贸n fresca de la planta alta, y le dijo: 芦隆Tengo un mensaje de Dios para usted!禄. Cuando el rey Egl贸n se levant贸 de su asiento,
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