Judges 11:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

What hast thou to do with me? — Literally, What to me and to thee? (Joshua 22:24; 2 Samuel 16:10, &c.). Jephthah speaks in the name of Israel, as an acknowledged prince. His message resembles the preliminary negotiations of the Roman generals when they sent the Fetiales to proclaim the justice of their cause (Liv. i. 24).

Judges 11:12

12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?