Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Judges 11:27
I have not sinned against thee; I have done thee no wrong. The Lord be judge this day; let him determine this controversy by the success of this day and war.
I have not sinned against thee; I have done thee no wrong. The Lord be judge this day; let him determine this controversy by the success of this day and war.
Verse Judges 11:27. _THE LORD THE JUDGE BE JUDGE - BETWEEN THE CHILDREN OF_ _ISRAEL_] If you be right, and we be wrong, then Jehovah, who is the sovereign and incorruptible Judge, shall determine in y...
Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deuteronomy 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message...
CHAPTER 11 JEPHTHAH AND THE AMMONITES _ 1. Jephthah's covenant (Judges 11:1)_ 2. The messages to Ammon (Judges 11:12) 3. Jephthah's vow and victory (Judges 11:29) 4. Jephthah keeps his vow ...
JEPHTHAH'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE KING OF AMMON. As generally happens, there was a war of diplomacy before the war of swords. The history of 300 years was reviewed in an attempt to settle a present que...
_the Lord … be judge_ Cf. Genesis 31:53 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 24:15. Even in early Israel Jehovah could be appealed to as the Judge, who in the quarrels of men or nations was known to take the side...
_Jephthah Delivers Israel Judges 11:1-28_ Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah, 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wi...
_WHEREFORE I HAVE NOT SINNED AGAINST THEE, BUT THOU DOEST ME WRONG TO WAR AGAINST ME: THE LORD THE JUDGE BE JUDGE THIS DAY BETWEEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND THE CHILDREN OF AMMON._ No JFB commentary...
JEPHTHAH'S VICTORY OVER THE AMMONITES. HIS RASH VOW 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Jephthah, a man from Gilead’s family, was a brave soldier. Gilead was his father. V2 His mother was a woman who sold her body for sex. Gilead’...
THE LORD THE JUDGE BE JUDGE THIS DAY. — An appeal to the arbitrament of Jehovah to decide on the justice of an appeal to arms. (Comp. Genesis 16:5; Genesis 31:53; Genesis 18:25;...
וְ אָֽנֹכִי֙ לֹֽא ־חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ וְ אַתָּ֞ה
THE TERRIBLE VOW Judges 11:12 AT every stage of their history the Hebrews were capable of producing men of passionate religiousness. And this appears as a distinction of the group of nations to which...
A WARNING FROM HISTORY Judges 11:12 Jephthah acted with great prudence. Before rushing into war, he endeavored to argue the matter at issue in peaceful and courteous terms. In answer to the contentio...
At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently th...
Jephthah then tried to use diplomatic means to avert a war. He sent to the king of the Ammonites and asked why he had come to fight against their land. His answer was that Israel had taken away his la...
Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge (k) be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. (k) To punish t...
_And decide. Literally, "the arbiter of this day." Jephte is so well convinced of the justice of his cause, that he is willing to abide by God's decision, (Haydock) to be manifested by the issue of th...
I include the whole of the treaty, which passed between Jephthah, and the leader of the Ammonites, in one point of view, not only for the sake of shortness, but also for the sake of connection. In the...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, 11, AND 12. After Gideon's death we see the results of this distance from God in the internal struggles which took place between the children of Israel...
WHEREFORE I HAVE NOT SINNED AGAINST THEE,.... Had done him no injury, not wronged him of anything, nor had taken away any part of his country from him; this Jephthah said in the name of all Israel, of...
Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. Ver. 27. _Wherefore...
_Wherefore I have not sinned_ I have done thee no wrong. _The Lord, the Judge, be judge_ Let him determine this controversy by the success of this day and war. The meaning is, that if they were not mo...
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...
Wherefore I, Israel, HAVE NOT SINNED AGAINST THEE, BUT THOU DOEST ME WRONG TO WAR AGAINST ME; the Ammonites were using their supposed claim to the land as a pretext for attacking Israel. THE LORD, THE...
Jephthah's Message to the Ammonites...
12-28 One instance of the honour and respect we owe to God, as our God, is, rightly to employ what he gives us to possess. Receive it from him, use it for him, and part with it when he calls for it....
Judges 11:27 sinned H2398 (H8804) wronged H6213 (H8802) H853 H7451 fighting H3898 (H8736) LORD...
“ I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. Yahweh, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.” Jephthah then finished...
CONTENTS: Jeptha's awful vow and the victory over the Ammorites. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Jeptha, his daughter. CONCLUSION: A Christian in the hands of the Spirit is assured of success in the u...
Judges 11:1. _Jephthah son of a harlot._ The Hebrew is the same as in Joshua 2:1. The rabbins mostly read here, as Joshua 2., son of a hostess. Judges 11:3. Vain men,
_Jephthah the Gileadite._ JEPHTHAH It is common to regard Jephthah as one of the wildest characters of the Bible--a rough and heedless man; alike rash in vowing and heartless in fulfilling; one whom...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 11:12 In__ an impressive speech, Jephthah answered the Ammonite charge (v. Judges 11:13) that Israel had unlawfully seized the disputed territory. Jephthah asserted that “th
_CHOICE OF A LEADER; AND SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY_ Judges 11:1. CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 11:1. THE GILEADITE.] Many regard this as not a definite patronymic, but indicating that he belonged to the clan...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 11:1 The narrative here goes back probably some years, to explain the antecedents of Jephthah, who was about to play so prominent a part in the ensuing history. Jephthah we learn wa...
He was a mighty man of valour, he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and the wife's sons when they grew up, they threw Jephthah out, and they said, Yo...
1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 24:15; 2 Corinthians 11:11;...
I have not — I have done thee no wrong. Be judge — Let him determine this controversy by the success of this day and war....
How could God allow Jephthah to offer his daughter up as a burnt offering? PROBLEM: Just before Jephthah went into battle against the people of Ammon, he made a vow to the Lord. The vow he made was th...