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Judges 11:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore that territory again peaceably.” "

Judges 11:13

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11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.

12 Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, “What do you have to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”

13 The king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore that territory again peaceably.”

14 Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;

15 and he said to him, “Jephthah says: Israel didn’t take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;

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Judges 12:2

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"Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand."

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Numbers 21:24

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"Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was fortified."

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1 Samuel 12:12

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"“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king."

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Judges 10:9

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"The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was very distressed."

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Genesis 32:22

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"He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok."

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Deuteronomy 2:19

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"When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”"

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From This Chapter

Judges 11:1

"Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of Jephthah."

Judges 11:2

"Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will not inherit in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”"

Judges 11:3

"Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws joined up with Jephthah, and they went out with him."

Judges 11:4

"After a while, the children of Ammon made war against Israel."

Judges 11:5

"When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob."

Judges 11:6

"They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”"

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