Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 3:17

"And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man." — Judges 3:17 (ASV)

He brought the present. — Literally, "caused it to come near." Josephus, in his version of the story, evidently means to insinuate a parallel between the deed of Ehud and that of Harmodius and Aristogiton. He calls Ehud a young man who lived in familiarity with Eglon, and who had won his favour by frequent presents (Antt. v. 4).

A very fat man. — Vulgate, Crassus nimis. Such seems to be the undoubted meaning, and the notice is inserted with reference to Judges 3:22. The Septuagint renders it by the word asteios, a word which may mean either "graceful," or, as more probably in this place, "ridiculous."