And he brought a present unto Eglon king of Moab,.... Accompanied by two servants, as Josephus says , and who doubtless bore the presents; for that there were such with him that did is clear from Jud 3:18; nor can it be thought that so great a personage as a judge in Israel should go alone and carry a present in his own hands; though it is possible, when come to the king of Moab, he might take it from his servants, and deliver it to him with his own hands:and Eglon [was] a very fat man: and so the less active, and unable to decline and avoid the stroke, he might see, when about to be given him.
Antiqu. l. 5. c. 4. sect.