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Judges 11:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him. "

Judges 11:28

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26 Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along the side of the Arnon for three hundred years! Why didn’t you recover them within that time?

27 Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. May the LORD the Judge be judge today between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.”

28 However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

29 Then the LORD’s Spirit came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.

30 Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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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 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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