Judges 11:25

And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

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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

art thou. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. Compare Numbers 22:2 . Deuteronomy 23:4 . Joshua 24:9 .
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

RV rightly puts the stop at the end of the v. Judges 11:26 begins a fresh question: see Numbers 22:2 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Art thou anything better than Balak? — Literally, Are you the good, good in comparison with? It is one of the Hebrew ways of expressing the super...
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 now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab ?.... This argument seems to strengthen the conjecture, that this king wa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And now [art] thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Art thou any thing better than Balak? Art thou wiser than he? Or hast thou more right than he had? This is a third argument, that though Balak plot...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Art thou better than Balak? art thou wiser than he? or hast thou more right than he had? Balak, though he plotted against Israel, in defence of his...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ And now are you anything better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Or did he ever fight against them...
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 now art thou anything better than Balak, the son of Zipper, king of Moab, namely, at the time when Israel conquered the land east of Jordan? Did...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 23:3 ; Deuteronomy 23:4 ; Joshua 24:10 ; Joshua 24:9 ; Micah 6:5 ; Numbers 22:2-21
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Than Balak — Art thou wiser than he? Or hast thou more right than he had? Balak, though he plotted against Israel, in defence of his own land, whic...

²⁵ And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

Related Commentaries of Judges 11:25

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

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 11:25