Jueces 3:18

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18 Cuando Aod termin贸 de present谩rselo, se fue a despedir a los hombres que hab铆an transportado 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 Aod se hab铆a hecho un pu帽al de doble filo como de 30 cent铆metros de largo, la cual sujet贸 a su muslo derecho por debajo de la ropa.
17 Le present贸 el tributo a Egl贸n, rey de Moab, que era muy gordo.
18 Cuando Aod termin贸 de present谩rselo, se fue a despedir a los hombres que hab铆an transportado el tributo.
19 Pero luego se regres贸 desde las canteras que estaban cerca de Guilgal, y dijo:鈥擬ajestad, tengo un mensaje secreto para usted.鈥斅ilencio! 鈥攐rden贸 el rey.Y todos sus servidores se retiraron de su presencia.
20 Entonces Aod se acerc贸 al rey, que estaba sentado solo en la habitaci贸n del piso superior de su palacio de verano, y le dijo:鈥擳engo un mensaje de Dios para usted.Cuando el rey se levant贸 de su trono,
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