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Judges 12:1 KJV
Judges · chapter 12 · verse 1
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.Judges 12:1 · King James Version
Judges 12:1 in context
1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
3And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- northwardtsâphôwnproperly, hiddenH6828 →
- togethertsâʻaqto shriekH6817 →
- JephthahYiphtâchJiphtach, an IsraeliteH3316 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- fightlâchamto feed onH3898 →
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Here Is, I. The unreasonable displeasure of the men of Ephraim against Jephthah, because he had not called them in to his assistance against the Ammonites, that they might share in the triumphs and spoils, Jdg 12:1. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel. Only by that comes contention.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7