Judges 11:20

Sihon fought — So Sihon was the aggressor, and the Israelites were forced to fight in their own defence.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deuteronomy 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate kn...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But Sihon (g) trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Isra...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Negotiations with the King of Ammon. As generally happens, there was a war of diplomacy before the war of swords. The history of 300 yea...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

trusted . stayed or rested on. See App-69. coast . border.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: No JFB commentary on th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Coast] RV 'border,' i.e. territory. Jahaz ] cp. Numbers 21:28 ; Deuteronomy 2:32 a Moabite city.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Trusted not Israel. — Sihon did not believe their promise to pass peacefully through his land. Pitched in Jahaz. — Numbers 21:33 ; Isaiah 15:4...
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 thi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Warning from History Judges 11:12-28 Jephthah acted with great prudence. Before rushing into war, he endeavored to argue the matter at issue...
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

I include the whole of the treaty, which passed between Jephthah, and the leader of the Ammonites, in one point of view, not only for the sake of sho...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through, his coast ,.... For fear they should seize upon his dominions, and retain them; and the more fearful h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let us pass through thy land unto my place That is, unto the land of Canaan, which the Lord hath given me. But Sihon fought against Israel He not...
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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The War with the Ammonites. B. C. 1143. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So Sihon was the aggressor or beginner of the war; and the Israelites were forced to it for their own defence.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his border. But Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against I...
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 defi...
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

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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah's Message to the Ammonites
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel....
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 2:32 ; Deuteronomy 2:33 ; Deuteronomy 2:34 ; Joshua 13:15-32 ; Nehemiah 9:22 ; Numbers 21:23 ; Numbers 21:24 ; Numbers 21:25 ; P...

²⁰ But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

Related Commentaries of Judges 11:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 11:20