Chapter 11:
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Judges 11
11:2
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they
thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's
house; for thou [art] the son of a
a
strange woman.
(
a) That is, of a harlot as in (
Judges
11:1).
11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and
dwelt in the land of
b Tob: and there
were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and
c
went out with him.
(
b) Where the governor of the country was called
Tob.
(
c) Joined with him, as some think, against his
brethren.
11:5 And it was so, that when
the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the
d
elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
(
d) Or, ambassadors, sent for that purpose.
11:6 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 from
them, whom before they refused.
11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead,
Did not ye hate me, and
f expel me out
of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
(
f) Often those things which men reject, God
chooses to do great enterprises by.
11:20
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 Israel.
(
g) He trusted them not to go through his
country.
11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So
whomsoever the
h LORD our God shall
drive out from before us, them will we possess.
(
h) For we should believe and obey God more than
you your idols.
11:26 While Israel dwelt in
Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that
[be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not
recover
i [them] within that time?
(
i) Meaning their towns.
11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee,
but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge
k
be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
(
k) To punish the offender.
11:29 Then the
l
Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh,
and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over
[unto] the children of Ammon.
(
l) That is, the spirit of strength and zeal.
11:30 And Jephthah
m
vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the
children of Ammon into mine hands,
(
m) As the apostle commends Jephthah for his
worthy enterprise in delivering the people, (
Hebrews
11:32) so by his rash vow and wicked performance of the same, his victory
was defaced: and here we see that the sins of the godly do not utterly
extinguish their faith.
11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out
to meet him with
n timbrels and with
dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor
daughter.
(
n) According to the manner after the victory.
11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that
he
o rent his clothes, and said, Alas,
my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that
trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
(
o) Being overcome with blind zeal, and not
considering whether the vow was lawful or not.
11:37 And she said unto her
father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up
and down upon the mountains, and
p
bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
(
p) For it was counted as a shame in Israel, to
die without children, and therefore they rejoiced to be married.
Chapter 11:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Joshua Ruth
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Judges
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