Judges 11:12-28
American Standard Version
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land? 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon; 15 and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon; 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh; 17 then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh. 18 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place. 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 And Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan. 23 So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them? 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. 25 And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them? 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its [a]towns, and in Aroer and its [b]towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time? 27 I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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- Judges 11:26 Hebrew daughters.
- Judges 11:26 Hebrew daughters.
Judges 11:12-28
Lexham English Bible
12 And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites,[a] saying, “What is between you and me that you have come to me to make war against my land?” 13 And the king of the Ammonites[b] said to Jephthah’s messengers, “Because Israel took my land from the Arnon up to the Jabbok and the Jordan when they came up from Egypt; so then, restore it peacefully.” 14 Once again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites,[c] 15 and he said to him, “Thus says Jephthah, ‘Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,[d] 16 because when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea[e] and went to Kadesh. 17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us cross through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. And they also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel stayed in Kadesh. 18 Then they traveled through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and Moab, and came to the east[f] side of the land of Moab, and they[g] encamped beyond the Arnon; and they did not go into the territory of Moab because the Arnon was the border of Moab. 19 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites,[h] king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us cross through your land to our country.’[i] 20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to cross through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people and then encamped at Jahaz; and he made war with Israel. 21 And Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; and Israel occupied all the land of the Amorites[j] inhabiting that land. 22 They occupied all the territory of the Amorites[k] from the Arnon up to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness up to the Jordan. 23 So then Yahweh, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites[l] from before his people Israel, and you want to possess it? 24 Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gave you to possess? Whoever Yahweh our God has driven out before us, we will possess it. 25 So then, are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel, or did he ever make war against them? 26 When Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the towns that are along the Arnon,[m] for three hundred years,[n] why did you not recover them at that time? 27 I have not sinned against you; but you are the one who is doing wrong by making war against me. Let Yahweh judge[o] today between the Israelites[p] and the Ammonites.”[q] 28 But the king of the Ammonites[r] did not listen to the message that Jephthah sent to him.
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- Judges 11:12 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 11:13 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 11:14 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 11:15 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 11:16 Literally “sea of reed”
- Judges 11:18 Literally “from rise of sun”
- Judges 11:18 Hebrew “he”
- Judges 11:19 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Judges 11:19 Literally “to our place”
- Judges 11:21 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Judges 11:22 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Judges 11:23 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Judges 11:26 Literally “on the hands of the Arnon”
- Judges 11:26 Hebrew “year”
- Judges 11:27 Literally “Let Yahweh the judge, judge”
- Judges 11:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 11:27 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 11:28 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
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