But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
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Gill's Exposition
And Ehud came unto him,.... Somewhat nearer him than he was before; it seems probable that Eglon retired from the presence chamber, where he received company, into his summer parlour; which was…
Barnes' Notes
Gilgal was in the immediate neighborhood of Jericho Jdg 2:1, where doubtless Eglon held his court at this time Jdg 3:13. Quarries - Some take the original of this word in its common meaning of carved…
Ehud is the next of the judges whose achievements are related in this history, and here is an account of his actions.
I. When Israel sins again God raises up a new oppressor, Jdg 3:12-14. It was an…
Cambridge Bible
the quarries Everywhere else (e.g. Isa 21:9; Mic 5:13 etc.), and in the margin of A. and RV. here, the word (pesîlîm) is rendered graven images(cf. pesel-graven image"), and such is the meaning in…
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