“ And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: ”
Jephthah's Youth. Jephthah (God opens the womb) is the Othello of Israelitish history, a splendid barbarian, little blessed with the soft phrase of peace, familiar with moving accidents by flood...
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon. Jephthah's reply was clear, decided, and uuan...
Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
And Jephthah sent messengers again. — Jephthah disputes the king of Amnion’s facts, and supports his denial of them by an historic retrospect ( Judges 11:16-24 ).
THE TERRIBLE VOW Judges 11:12-40 AT every stage of their history the Hebrews were capable of producing men of passionate religiousness. And this appears as a distinction of the group of nations...
a Warning from History Judges 11:12-28 Jephthah acted with great prudence. Before rushing into war, he endeavored to argue the matter at issue in peaceful and courteous terms. In answer to the...
At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently t...
I include the whole of the treaty, which passed between Jephthah, and the leader of the Ammonites, in one point of view, not only for the sake of shortness, but also for the sake of connection. In th...
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...
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: Ver. 14. And Jephthah sent messengers again. ] By whom, negat ac pernegat, he utterly denieth that they had at all wron...
JEPHTHAH; AN UNUSUAL LEADER (vv. 1-11) There was one man whose capacities for leadership stood out above others in Israel, Jephthah a Gileadite, but he was not popular, being the son of a prosti...
The War with the Ammonites. B. C. 1143. 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘ And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon.' Jephthah did not expect for one moment that the king of Ammon would give way. Nor was he arguing a legal case. And he n...
CHOICE OF A LEADER; AND SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY Judges 11:1-33 . CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 11:1 . The Gileadite .] Many regard this as not a definite patronymic, but indicating that he belonged t...
Judges 11:1 . Jephthah son of a harlot. The Hebrew is the same as in Joshua 2:1 . The rabbins mostly read here, as Joshua 2 ., son of a hostess. Judges 11:3 . Vain men, rogues and rakes. The...
Jephthah the Gileadite. Jephthah It is common to regard Jephthah as one of the wildest characters of the Bible--a rough and heedless man; alike rash in vowing and heartless in fulfilling; one w...
EXPOSITION Judges 11:1-7 The narrative here goes back probably some years, to explain the antecedents of Jephthah, who was about to play so prominent a part in the ensuing history. Jephthah...
Jephthah's Message to the Ammonites
1 Peter 3:11 ; Hebrews 12:14 ; Psalms 120:7 ; Romans 12:18