He offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
It seems that Ehud delivered the Israelites’ taxes to King Eglon, left Eglon, passed the "idols" (lit. sculptured stones) at Gilgal, and then returned to Eglon. This may have been a Gilgal on the border between Benjamin and Judah west of Jericho rather than the one northeast of Jericho (cf. Joshua 15:7). [Note: Wolf, p. 400.] He had prepared to execute Eglon before going to Jericho. Did he lose heart at first when he left Jericho? Did he receive fresh motivation to kill the king when he passed the Canaanite objects of worship at Gilgal and then returned to Jericho to finish the job? This seems to be what happened.