10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, a“The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.”
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him ahead and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words bbefore the Lord in Mizpah.
12 Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying, a“What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?”
13 And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, a“Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from bthe Arnon as far as cthe Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably.”
14 So Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon,
15 and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: a‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon;
16 for when Israel came up from Egypt, they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and acame to Kadesh.
17 Then aIsrael sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let me pass through your land.” bBut the king of Edom would not heed. And in like manner they sent to the cking of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel dremained in Kadesh.
18 And they awent along through the wilderness and bbypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 Then aIsrael sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, “Please blet us pass through your land into our place.”
20 aBut Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together, encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 And the Lord God of Israel adelivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they bdefeated them. Thus Israel gained possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country.
22 They took possession of aall the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
23 ‘And now the Lord God of Israel has1 dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel; should you then possess it?
24 Will you not possess whatever aChemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever bthe Lord our God takes possession of before us, we will possess.
25 And now, are you any better than aBalak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Did he ever fight against them?
26 While Israel dwelt in aHeshbon and its villages, in bAroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
27 Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you wronged me by fighting against me. May the Lord, athe Judge, brender judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon.’ ”
28 However, the king of the people of Ammon did not heed the words which Jephthah sent him.
Jephthah’s Vow and Victory
29 Then athe Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced toward the people of Ammon.
30 And Jephthah amade a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands,
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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No entry exists in Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) for Judges 11:12.
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