King James Version
Judges 3:18 in the King James Version says “And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.” — study this verse from Judges chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.”
Judges 3:18 · KJV
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
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. quarries: or, graven images
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. a summer: Heb. a parlour of cooling
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“And when he had made an end”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the present”
H4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
“he sent away”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“that bare”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“the present”
H4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
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