Judges 11:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; ”

Judges 11:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 mes...
Judges 11:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Judges 11:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
Judges 11:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 11:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Judges 11:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When Israel came up from Egypt. — Compare with this narrative Numbers 20:21 . Walked through the wilderness. — In the second year of the wanderings ( Deuteronomy 1:19 ). Unto the Red sea. —...
Judges 11:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Judges 11:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Judges 11:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Judges 11:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Judges 11:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 k: and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea ; which...
Judges 11:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; Ver. 16. But when Israel came up from Egypt. ] It appeareth that Jephthah was a good his...
Judges 11:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Unto the Red sea Unto which they came three times; once, Exodus 13:18 ; again, a little after their passage over it; and a third time, long after, when they came to Ezion-geber, which was upon the...
Judges 11:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Judges 11:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The War with the Ammonites. B. C. 1143. 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of...
Judges 11:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto the Red Sea; unto which they came three times; once, Exodus 13:18 ; again, a little after their passage over it, Exodus 15:22 ; and a third time, long after, when they came to Ezion-gabe...
Judges 11:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And said to him, “Thus says Jephthah, Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon. But when they came from Egypt, and Israel walked through the wilderness to...
Judges 11:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 11:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Judges 11:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Judges 11:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Judges 11:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah's Message to the Ammonites
Judges 11:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:40 ; Deuteronomy 1:46 ; Genesis 14:7 ; Joshua 5:6 ; Numbers 13:26 ; Numbers 14:25 ; Numbers 20:1
Judges 11:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Red — sea — Unto which they came three times; once, Exodus 13:18 , again, a little after their passage over it, and a third time, long after, when they came to Ezion Geber, which was upon the...

Judges 11:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 11:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 11:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 11:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 11:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 11:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 11:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 11:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 11:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 11:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 11:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 11:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 11:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 11:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 11:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes