Judges 11:19

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

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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...
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

Israel sent. Compare Deuteronomy 2:26 . us. Compare Judges 11:17 and Deuteronomy 2:27 .
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

See Numbers 21:21 . Heshbon Isaiah 16 m. E. of the Jordan, and 12 m. S. of the capital of Ammon. The Amorite territory had belonged to Moab former...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Unto Sihon. — Numbers 21:21 ; Deuteronomy 2:26-29 (where see the Commentary). The King of Heshbon. — He was king of the Aniorites by birth, b...
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

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon ,.... Which was his royal city, where he had his palace, and kept hi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy lan...
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

i.e. Unto the land of Canaan, which God hath given to me.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Let us pass, we pray you, through your la...
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

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy la...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 2:26-34 ; Deuteronomy 3:1-17 ; Joshua 13:8-12 ; Numbers 21:21-35
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My place — That is, unto the land of Canaan, which God hath given me.

¹⁹ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

Related Commentaries of Judges 11:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 11:19