While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover [them] within that time?
Ver. 26. Three hundred years.] So he calleth the time for a round number, making the most of it, now that he pleadeth prescription.
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...
THREE HUNDRED YEARS. Not. "round number". See App-50....
_While Israel dwelt_ Rather _When I. settled_. For _her towns_see on Judges 1:27. _Aroer … Arnon_ The LXX reads _Jazer_(cod. A) … _Jordan_(so Vulgate), which looks like the original text. _Jazer_lay o...
_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...
_WHILE ISRAEL DWELT IN HESHBON AND HER TOWNS, AND IN AROER AND HER TOWNS, AND IN ALL THE CITIES THAT BE ALONG BY THE COASTS OF ARNON, THREE HUNDRED YEARS? WHY THEREFORE DID YE NOT RECOVER THEM WITHIN...
AROER] on the N. bank of the Arnon, like HESHBON and JAHAZ, is a Moabite town. The Ammonite town, Rabbath-Ammon, is unmentioned. THREE HUNDRED YEARS] The different periods hitherto mentioned in the bo...
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’...
WHILE ISRAEL DWELT IN HESHBON. — See Numbers 21:25. This is an argument from undisputed possession. IN AROER AND HER TOWNS. — These had been assigned to the tribe of Gad (Numbers 32:34). IN ALL THE...
בְּ שֶׁ֣בֶת יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל בְּ חֶשְׁבֹּ֨ון וּ בִ
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...
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover (i) [them]...
He. Hebrew, "While Israel," &c. --- Years. He makes use of a round number. (Haydock) --- Chronologists generally suppose that either more or fewer years had elapsed; (Menochius) and the Scripture only...
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...
WHILE ISRAEL DWELT IN HESHBON AND HER TOWNS,.... This was the principal city, which formerly belonged to the Moabites, and was taken from them by Sihon; who being conquered by Israel, it fell into the...
_Three hundred years_ Not precisely, but about that time, either from their coming out of Egypt, or from their first conquest of those lands. Here he pleads prescription, which by all men is reckoned...
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...
while Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? Why, therefore, if so sure of their ownership,...
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....
THREE HUNDRED YEARS; not precisely, but about that time; either from their coming out of Egypt, or from their first conquest of those lands; and thus numbers are oft expressed: see NUMBERS 1:46, NUMBE...
Judges 11:26 Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 (H8800) Heshbon H2809 villages H1323 Aroer H6177 villages H1323 cities H5892 b
“ While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of Arnon for three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that t...
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...
Deuteronomy 2:24; Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:2; Deuteronomy 3:6;...
Three hundred years — Not precisely, but about that time, either from their coming out of Egypt; or, from their first conquest of those lands. He urges prescription, which is by all men reckoned a jus...
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...