Eglon | The amazing name Eglon: meaning and etymology

Eglon | The amazing name Eglon: meaning and etymology There are one man and one town named Eglon in the Bible:

• The man named Eglon is the king of Moab; a very fat man (Judges 3:12-17). Right after the judge Othniel dies, Israel again goes astray, and YHWH delivers Israel into the hands of Eglon for eighteen years. But when Israel cries out to the Lord, He raises up Ehud, son of Gera (or Jediael) and Israel's second judge. Ehud goes to Gilgal (which means Rolling, or in this case perhaps Big Pile Of Turds), where fat king Eglon holds seat, on the ruse of paying tribute. When he has Eglon alone, he assassinates him by thrusting a home-made sword into his belly. Right after that Israel takes to killing Moabites and when Moab is sufficiently subdued, Israel enters into an eighty year long stretch of peace.