Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 3:14

"And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years." — Judges 3:14 (ASV)

Served Eglon. —One instance of that receiving of a yoke of iron which had been threatened as a punishment of apostasy (Deuteronomy 28:47–48). The narrative, however, shows that the Moabite dominion did not extend beyond the borders of Ephraim (Judges 3:13).