Judges 11:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, ”

• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jephthah's Negotiations with the King of Ammon. As generally happens, there was a war of diplomacy before the war of swords. The history of 300 years was reviewed in an attempt to settle a present...

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• Judges 11:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  art thou. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. Compare Numbers 22:2 . Deuteronomy 23:4 . Joshua 24:9 .

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• Judges 11:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

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• Judges 11:25 - 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.

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• Judges 11:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.

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• Judges 11:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Art thou anything better than Balak? — Literally, Are you the good, good in comparison with? It is one of the Hebrew ways of expressing the superlative. Jephthah here argues from prescriptive rig...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab ?.... This argument seems to strengthen the conjecture, that this king was king of Moab at this time, and so Balak was one...

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• Judges 11:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And now [art] thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, Ver. 25. And now art thou anything better than...

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• Judges 11:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Art thou any thing better than Balak? Art thou wiser than he? Or hast thou more right than he had? This is a third argument, that though Balak plotted against Israel, in defence of his own land, wh...

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• Judges 11:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The War with the Ammonites. B. C. 1143.       12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of...

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• Judges 11:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Art thou better than Balak? art thou wiser than he? or hast thou more right than he had? Balak, though he plotted against Israel, in defence of his own land, which he feared they would invade and c...

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• Judges 11:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “ And now are you anything better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Or did he ever fight against them?” Now Jephthah sought to stress the superiority...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - 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...

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• Judges 11:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jephthah's Message to the Ammonites

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• Judges 11:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 23:3 ; Deuteronomy 23:4 ; Joshua 24:10 ; Joshua 24:9 ; Micah 6:5 ; Numbers 22:2-21

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• Judges 11:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Than Balak — Art thou wiser than he? Or hast thou more right than he had? Balak, though he plotted against Israel, in defence of his own land, which he feared they would invade and conquer, yet nev...

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