Jueces 3:18

18 Y aconteció que cuando terminó de presentar el tributo, despidió a la gente que había traído 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.

Jueces 3:18 In-Context

16 Aod se hizo una espada de dos filos, de un codo de largo, y la ató a su muslo derecho debajo de la ropa.

17 Y presentó el tributo a Eglón, rey de Moab; y Eglón era un hombre muy grueso.

18 Y aconteció que cuando terminó de presentar el tributo, despidió a la gente que había traído el tributo.

19 Pero él se volvió desde los ídolos que estaban en Gilgal, y dijo: Tengo un mensaje secreto para ti, oh rey. Y éste dijo: Guarda silencio. Y todos los que le servían salieron.

20 Aod vino a él cuando estaba sentado solo en su sala de verano. Y Aod dijo: Tengo un mensaje de Dios para ti. Y él se levantó de su silla.