The name of both a place and a person in the Old Testament. This article deals with the person.
The obese king of Moab during the time of the judges who was killed by the left-handed Ehud while he was in the privy (Judg 3:15ff).
Eglon had earlier captured the city of Jericho with the help of the Ammonites and Amalekites, and oppressed Israel for 18 years (3:12-14).
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