Judges 11:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: ”

Judges 11:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the (d) elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: (d) Or, ambassadors, sent for that purpose.
Judges 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Judges 11:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: The elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah. All ey...
Judges 11:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Judges 11:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When the children of Ammon made war. — The allusion is to some special threat of invasion ( acriter instantibus, Vulg.) at the close of the eighteen years of oppression ( Judges 10:9 ). To fetch...
Judges 11:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GILEAD AND ITS CHIEF Judges 10:1-18 ; Judges 11:1-11 THE scene of the history shifts now to the east of Jordan, and we learn first of the influence which the region called Gilead was coming to...
Judges 11:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Turning to a Rejected Leader Judges 10:17-18 ; Judges 11:1-11 The life of Jephthah is a great consolation to those whose birth has been irregular. The sin of his parents was not allowed perman...
Judges 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! spiritualize this passage, and see if the cry of the soul to Jesus in the hour of extremity is not similar. Before the soul is brought to this, we are like Gilead, without an head. But when r...
Judges 11:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel ,.... Were preparing for it, and had assembled their forces near them, and had began to make some efforts against them: the e...
Judges 11:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: Ver. 5. The elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah. ] W...
Judges 11:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The children of Ammon made war against Israel The Ammonites had oppressed them eighteen years, and now, when the Israelites begin to make opposition, they commence a war against them. The elders o...
Judges 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead...
Judges 11:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By direction or instinct from God, who both qualified him for and called him to the office of a judge. See Judges 12:7 Hebrews 11:32 . Otherwise they might not have chosen a bastard, Deuterono...
Judges 11:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah from the land of Tob.' Recognising the imminence of the coming main attack th...
Judges 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah Chosen as Leader Against Ammon
Judges 11:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 ; 1 Samuel 10:27 ; 1 Samuel 11:12 ; 1 Samuel 11:6 ; 1 Samuel 11:7 ; Acts 7:35-39 ; Judges 10:17 ; Judges 10:18 ; Judges 10:9 ; Psalms 118:22 ; Psalms 118:23
Judges 11:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Went — By direction from God, who both qualified him for, and called him to the office of a judge, otherwise they might not have chosen a bastard.

Judges 11:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 11:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 11:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 11:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 11:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 11:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 11:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 11:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 11:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 11:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 11:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 11:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 11:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 11:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 11:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes