Judges 11:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. ”

Judges 11:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they said unto Jephthah, (e) Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. (e) Men are often forced to ask for help from them, whom before they refused.
Judges 11:6 - 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 11:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Come, and be our captain - The Israelites were assembled in Mizpeh, but were without a captain to...
Judges 11:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Judges 11:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Judges 11:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Our captain. — The word used is katzin ( Joshua 10:24 ; Isaiah 1:10 ; Isaiah 22:3 ), which is specially a leader in time of war; but Jephthah demands something more — namely, to be their “head”...
Judges 11:6 - 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 11:6 - 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 11:6 - 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 11:6 - 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 11:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said unto Jephthah, come and be our captain ,.... The general of their army, to conduct and lead on their forces; they did not propose him to be their king, being convinced by Abimelech's c...
Judges 11:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Ver. 6. Come, and be our captain. ] See Trapp on " Jdg 11:2 ".
Judges 11:6 - 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 11:6 - 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 11:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Our captain: they say not our king ; for the experience of Abimelech's kingship had cooled their appetite in that particular; but our captain.
Judges 11:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our general, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.” ' Their aim was that he should be general of their fighting men and bring his men with him. V...
Judges 11:6 - 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 11:6 - 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 11:6 - 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 11:6 - 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 11:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah Chosen as Leader Against Ammon

Judges 11:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 11:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 11:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 11:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 11:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 11:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 11:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 11:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 11:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 11:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 11:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 11:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 11:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 11:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 11:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 11:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann