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See also Judges 11 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Judges 11:1 to Judges 12:7. _Jephthah's victory over the Ammonites, his vow, and punishment of the men of Ephraim_ The Ammonite invasion made it necessary for the Israelites on the east of Jordan to...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 11 Judges 11:1-11 _Jephthah made leader in Gilead._ Jephthah was a mighty man of valour, but he was an outcast from his family since he was born of a harlot. When the Ammonites op...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 ruled, (a-12) _ Shaphat_ , lit. 'judged.' country (b-32) Lit. 'fields,' 'farmlands,' as ver. 6, and elsewhere. As 2 Kings 8:3 ,2 Kings 8:5 ....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XI. 1-3. Expulsion of Jephthah from his home. Judges 11:4. The Gileadites offer him the headship of their tribe if he will lead them in war. Judges 11:12. His embassy to the Ammonites. 13. Their unten...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 11 This chapter gives an account of another judge of Israel, Jephthah, of his descent and character, Judges 11:1 of the call the elders of Gilead gave him to be their captain g...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Couenant betweene Iephthah and the Gileadites, that hee should be their head. 12 The treaty of peace betweene him and the Ammonites is in vaine. 29 Iephthahs vow. 32 His conquest of the Ammon...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Jephtah and the Gileadites. (1-11) He attempts to make peace. (12-28) Jephthah's vow. He vanquishes the Ammonites. (29-40)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 11 JEPHTHAH THE GILEADITE. This chapter gives an account of a further judge of Israel, Jephthah, of his descent and character, of the call the elders of Gilead gave him to be their general an...

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