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
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