Jdg. 11:24. The land which the Amorites now possessed was a land that
they had taken from others - viz., from the Zamzummims. (Deuteronomy
2:20; Deuteronomy 2:21). They had been extraordinarily assisted to
prevail against and drive out this people, though a very mighty and
gigantic people. This they... [ Continue Reading ]
Jdg. 11:30, to the end._ Concerning Jephthah's vow and his offering up
his daughter_. That Jephthah did not put his daughter to death and
burn her in sacrifice, the following things evince.
I. The tenor of his vow, if we suppose it to be a lawful vow, did not
oblige him to it; he promised that whats... [ Continue Reading ]