士師記 11:13-18 RCUVTS

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 11:13

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:14

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon. Being willing to give him all the satisfaction he could, and if possible live peaceably with him, and prevent the effusion of blood. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:15

And said unto him ,.... By his messengers: thus saith Jephthah ; in a majestic style, as governor of Israel: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon ; they were charged not to take any, nor did they take any that belonged to any of these countries, or that was then in the possession of either of them, Deuteronomy 2:9 what they did take was in the hands of Sihon and Og, and they had obtained it by conquest, and so no more belonging to either of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:16

But when Israel came up from Egypt ,.... In order to go to the land of Canaan, which was higher than the land of Egypt, which lay low F11 χθαμαλος αιγυπτος Theocrit. Idyll. 17. ver. 79. : and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea ; which is to be understood not of their walking to it; when they first came out of Egypt, they indeed then came to the edge of the wilderness of Etham, and so to the Red sea, and walked through it as on dry land, and came into the wilderness of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:17

Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom ,.... The history of which may be read in Numbers 20:14 , &c.; saying, let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land ; the land of Edom, from the south to the north of it, according to Jarchi, which was the nearest and shortest way to the land of Canaan; so far were the Israelites from invading and seizing upon the properties of others, that they would not attempt to set their foot in another's country without leave; which they asked... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:18

Then they went along the wilderness ,.... The wilderness of Paran, which lay along the borders of Edom; they went, according to Jarchi, from the west to the east on the south border of Edom and Moab: and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab ; all the south of the land of Edom, and all the south of the land of Moab; towards the sunrising, as in Numbers 21:11 . and pitched on the other side of Arnon ; the river Arnon, which, according to Jarchi, was at the east end of the... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 11:15-28

Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deuteronomy 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with Numbers and Deuteronomy would give additional force to the expression, “he uttered all his words before the Lord” Judges 11:11.Judges 11:17No mention is made of this embassy to Moab in the Pentateuch.Judges 11:19Into my place - This expression implies that the trans-Jordanic possessions of... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 11:18

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 11:15-28

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