Judges 11:6

Our captain: they say not our king; for the experience of Abimelech's kingship had cooled their appetite in that particular; but our captain.

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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 fr...
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...
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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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 o...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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....
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and they said unto Jephthah, who had meanwhile acquired fame, rest, a family, and possessions, and was a worshiper of the true God, Come and be our...

⁶ And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

Related Commentaries of Judges 11:6

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 11:6