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Richter 3:18

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18 Und es geschah, als er mit der Überreichung des Geschenkes fertig war, da geleitete er das Volk, welches das Geschenk getragen hatte.

Richter 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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Richter 3:18 In-Context

16 Und Ehud machte sich ein Schwert, das zwei Schneiden hatte, eine Elle seine Länge; und er gürtete es unter seinen Rock an seine rechte Hüfte.
17 Und er überreichte das Geschenk Eglon, dem König von Moab. Eglon war aber ein sehr fetter Mann.
18 Und es geschah, als er mit der Überreichung des Geschenkes fertig war, da geleitete er das Volk, welches das Geschenk getragen hatte.
19 Er selbst aber kehrte um von den geschnitzten Bildern, die bei Gilgal waren, und sprach: Ein geheimes Wort habe ich an dich, o König! Und er sprach: Stille! Und alle, die bei ihm standen, gingen von ihm hinaus.
20 Und als Ehud zu ihm hereinkam, saß er in dem Obergemach der Kühlung, das für ihn allein war. Und Ehud sprach: Ein Wort Gottes habe ich an dich. Und er stand auf vom Stuhle.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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