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He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
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Verse 17. Fat. The ancient version used by Saint Augustine had, “lean,” which he justly took in an ironical sense. Septuagint asteios, signifies “beautiful and genteel.” Calmet.—Serarius explains it in the same sense as the Vulgate. Menochius.
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