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Judges 3:19

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 3:19

Verse 19 of 31

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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.

Judges 3:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 3:19

Theological / Devotional

Quarries. Literally, “graven images,” or, “engraved stones.” These may have been engraved boundary stones or perhaps a heathen sanctuary erected near Gilgal by the Moabites. Either would have been considered idolatrous by the Israelites. The translation “quarries” dates back to the Jewish Targums, which rendered the Hebrew word thus, perhaps, to avoid the possibility of an inference that Ehud might have lingered around the idols, or an inference that they were the stones set up by Joshua (Joshua 4:20). To this monument the description “carved stones” would not apply. They are, perhaps, mentioned merely as a familiar landmark.

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