Judges 3:14

14 And the {Israelites} served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

Judges 3:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 3:14

So the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen
years.
] Ten years longer than they served the king of Mesopotamia, ( Judges 3:8 ) , as a severer correction of them for their relapse into idolatry.

Judges 3:14 In-Context

12 And again the {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. So Yahweh strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the eyes of Yahweh.

13 He gathered to himself the {Ammonites and Amalekites}, and he went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the city of palms.

14 And the {Israelites} served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

15 And the {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjaminite and {a left-handed man}. And the {Israelites} sent a tribute to Eglon king of Moab {through him}.

16 Ehud made for himself a short, {two-edged} sword (a cubit in length), and he fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "sons/children of Israel"