Judges 3:14 meaning and explanation

The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

Judges 3:14, Berean Standard Bible

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These verses belong to the recurring cycle of Judges: Israel does evil, the LORD gives them over to an oppressor, they cry out, and He raises up a deliverer. Here the oppressor is Eglon, king of Moab, who with Ammonite and Amalekite allies had taken the City of Palms, likely Jericho.

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