Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)p>

<p class="poetry">the king of Eglon (one),p> <p class="poetry">the king of Gezer (one),p>

<p class="bodytext">Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops<n id="1" /> and fought against it.

<p class="bodytext">Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

The Israelites were subject to<n id="1" /> King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.p>

So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:

So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon.<n id="1" />p>

They did as ordered;<n id="1" /> they brought the five kings<n id="2" /> out of the cave to him &#8211; the kings of Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they<n id="1" /> left no survivors. As they<n id="2" /> had done at Eglon, they<n id="3" /> annihilated it and all who lived there.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites again did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel<n id="2" /> because they had done evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight.

<p class="bodytext">When the Israelites cried out for help to the <sc>Lordsc>, he<n id="1" /> raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man.<n id="2" /> The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.<n id="3" />