士師記 11:12-13 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 11:12-28

We have here the treaty between Jephthah, now judge of Israel, and the king of the Ammonites (who is not named), that the controversy between the two nations might, if possible, be accommodated without the effusion of blood. I. Jephthah, as one having authority, sent to the king of Ammon, who in this war was the aggressor, to demand his reasons for invading the land of Israel: ?Why hast thou come to fight against me in my land? Jdg. 11:12. Had I come first into thy land to disturb thee in thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:12

And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon ,.... Being now declared chief and sole governor of the tribes on the other side Jordan, he acted in character, and as such sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, to know the reason of his invading the land that belonged to Israel, being desirous of adjusting things in an amicable way, and to prevent the shedding of blood; in which he behaved as a good man, and not at all inconsistent with a man of valour and courage:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:13

And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah ,.... Who this king of Ammon was is not said, however he returned an answer to Jephthah's messengers, which they brought to him, and it was to this purpose; that the reason of his invading the land, and bringing war into it, was: because Israel took away my land when they came out of Egypt ; not as soon as they came out of Egypt, for it was thirty nine years afterwards, and upwards, even a little before they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:12

Jepthah sent messengers - He wished the Ammonites to explain their own motives for undertaking a war against Israel; as then the justice of his cause would appear more forcibly to the people. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:13

From Arnon even unto Jabbok , and unto Jordan - That is, all the land that had formerly belonged to the Amorites, and to the Moabites, who it seems were confederates on this occasion. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 11:13

From Arnon even unto Jabbok ... - The land bounded by the Arnon on the south, by the Jabbok on the north, by the Jordan on the west, and by the wilderness on the east was, of old, the kingdom of Sihon, but then the territory of Reuben and Gad. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:12

Judges 11:12. Jephthah sent messengers That is, ambassadors, to prevent bloodshed, that so the Israelites might be acquitted before God and men from all the sad consequences of the war; and herein he showed great prudence, and no less piety. What hast thou to do with me, &c. What reasonable cause hast thou for this invasion? To fight in my land He speaks this in the name of all the people. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:13

Judges 11:13 . Because Israel took away my land The land was not theirs when the Israelites conquered it, but the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites. For as to the country of the Ammonites, God expressly charged the children of Israel not to meddle with it, Deuteronomy 2:19. It is true, this land, which they now claimed, had formerly belonged to the Moabites, but Sihon had made a conquest of it, and driven them out, as we read Numbers 21:26. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 11:1-40

Jephthah and five other judges (10:1-12:15)Little is known of the political or military activities of the judges Tola and Jair. They both exercised power for lengthy periods, and Jair’s family certainly enjoyed considerable power and prestige among the East Jordan tribes (10:1-5).Again the Israelites turned away from Yahweh and worshipped false gods, and again they were punished. The Ammonites conquered the eastern tribes, crossed Jordan, and seized large portions of Israelite territory in... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 11:12

THE KING'S REPLY"And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land? And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok; and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably."The king of Ammon made it quite clear in this reply that nothing short... read more