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Judges 11:12 KJV
Judges · chapter 11 · verse 12
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?Judges 11:12 · King James Version
Judges 11:12 in context
10And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
13And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- JephthahYiphtâchJiphtach, an IsraeliteH3316 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- AmmonʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of LotH5983 →
- fightlâchamto feed onH3898 →
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We have here the treaty between Jephthah, now judge of Israel, and the king of the Ammonites (who is not named), that the controversy between the two nations might, if possible, be accommodated without the effusion of blood. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-28