Judges 11:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. ”

Judges 11:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then the Spirit of the Lord ... - This was the sanctification of Jephthah for his office of Judge and savior of God’s people Israel. Compare Judges 6:34 ; Judges 13:25 . The declaration is one...
Judges 11:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then the (l) Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon....
Judges 11:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Vow, and his Campaign against Ammon. Judges 11:29 b is probably an editorial note, a somewhat unskilful attempt to fasten the new cloth ( Judges 11:12-28 ) into the old garment (Moore...
Judges 11:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the Spirit. Hebrew. ruach (feminine.) See App-9. unto. This word is read in the text of some codices with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate.
Judges 11:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. Then...
Judges 11:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon....
Judges 11:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Judges 11:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah. — A weaker expression is used than that which is applied to Gideon in Judges 6:34 . It implies, as R. Tanchum rightly says, that he was endowed with the...
Judges 11:29 - 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 11:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Shadowed victory Judges 11:29-40 All the nations around were accustomed to offer those dearest to them in sacrifice to their cruel national deities. This was pre-eminently the case with the n...
Judges 11:29 - 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 11:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pray the Reader to remark Jephthah's anointing. It was the same spirit which came upon Jephthah, which descended upon the Lord Jesus, only with this difference, on Jephthah, according to the measur...
Judges 11:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah ,.... The spirit of strength, as the Targum; of fortitude of mind, of uncommon valour and courage, and of zeal for God and Israel, and against their en...
Judges 11:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over [unto] the children of Ammon. Ver...
Judges 11:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah The people had chosen him for their leader, and promised to continue him their chief governor, as they had already made him; and now God publicly declares hi...
Judges 11:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jephthah's Vow. B. C. 1143. 29 Then the Spirit of the L ORD came upon Jephthah, and h...
Judges 11:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah; endued him with a more than ordinary courage and resolution. Manasseh, i.e. Bashan , which the half tribe of Manasseh, beyond Jordan, inhabited, Josh...
Judges 11:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.' Jephtha...
Judges 11:29 - 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 11:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

Jephthah Jephthah seems to have been judge only of northeast Israel.
Judges 11:29 - 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 11:29 - 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 11:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah , as upon Othniel, upon Gideon, and upon Samson ( Judges 3:16 ; Judges 6:34 ; Judges 13:25 ; Judges 14:19 ; Judge...
Judges 11:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, through the entire country east of Jordan, in order to muster as large an army as possible, and passed over Mi...
Judges 11:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:18 ; 1 Samuel 10:10 ; 1 Samuel 16:13-15 ; Judges 10:17 ; Judges 13:25 ; Judges 3:10 ; Judges 6:34 ; Numbers 11:25
Judges 11:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Spirit came — Indued him with a more than ordinary courage and resolution. Manasseh — That is, Bashan, which the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan inhabited. Mizpeh of Gilead — So called to dist...

Judges 11:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 11:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 11:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 11:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 11:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 11:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 11:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 11:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 11:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 11:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 11:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 11:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 11:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

Judges 11:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 11:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 11:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 11:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 11:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes