• The "quarries" (Heb. pesilim) by Gilgal (Judges 3:19 ), from which Ehud turned back for the purpose of carrying out his design to put Eglon king of Moab to death, were probably the "graven images" (as the word is rendered by the LXX. and the Vulgate and in the marg. A.V. and RSV), or the idol temples the Moabites had erected at Gilgal, where the children of Israel first encamped after crossing the Jordan. The Hebrew word is rendered "graven images" in Deuteronomy 7:25 , and is not elsewhere translated "quarries."

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    Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Quarries'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/q/quarries.html. 1897.