“And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:”
King James Version (KJV)
11:12 Messengers - That is, ambassadors, to prevent blood - shed, that so the Israelites might be acquitted before God and men, from all the sad consequences of this war; herein he shewed great prudence, and no less piety. What hast thou, &c. - What reasonable cause hast thou for this invasion? In my land - He speaks this in the name of all the people.
11:13 My land - That is, this land of Gilead, which was mine, but unjustly taken from me, by Sihon and Og, the kings of the Ammonites; and the injury perpetuated by Israel's detaining it from me. This land, before the conquests of Sihon and Og, belonged partly to the Ammonites, and partly to the Moabites. And indeed, Moab and Ammon did for the most part join their interests and their forces.
11:16 The Red - sea - Unto which they came three times; once, #Exod 13:18|, again, a little after their passage over it, and a third time, long after, when they came to Ezion Geber, which was upon the shore of the Red - Sea, from whence they went to Kadesh; of this time he speaks here.
And Iephthah sent messengers againe vnto the king of the children of Ammon:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Jephthah sent again to the king of the children of Ammon,
- Basic English Bible
And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon,
- Darby Bible
And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon:
- Webster's Bible
Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;
- World English Bible
And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible