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Selected Verse: Judges 11:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jud 11:11 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Jephthah [03316] went [03212] with the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], and the people [05971] made [07760] him head [07218] and captain [07101] over them: and Jephthah [03316] uttered [01696] all his words [01697] before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Mizpeh [04709]. |
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King James |
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh - This phrase designates the presence of the tabernacle, or the ark, or of the high priest with Urim and Thummim Jdg 20:26; Jdg 21:2; Jos 18:8; Sa1 21:7. The high priest waited upon Jephthah with the ephod, and possibly the ark, at his own house (see Jdg 20:18 here). A trace of Jephthah's claim to unite all Israel under his dominion is found in Jdg 12:2, and breathes through his whole message to the king of the Ammonites. See Jdg 11:12, Jdg 11:15, Jdg 11:23, Jdg 11:27. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, "and the people (i.e., the inhabitants of Gilead) made him head and captain, and Jephthah spoke all his words before Jehovah at Mizpeh:" i.e., he repeated in a solemn assembly of the people, before God at Mizpeh, the conditions and obligations under which he would accept the honour conferred upon him. "Before Jehovah" does not necessarily presuppose the presence of the ark at Mizpeh; nor can we possibly assume this, since the war was resolved upon primarily by the eastern tribes alone, and they had no ark at all. It merely affirms that Jephthah performed this act, looking up to God, the omnipresent head of Israel. Still less do the words warrant the assumption that there was an altar in Mizpeh, and that sacrifices were offered to confirm the treaty, of which there is not the slightest indication in the text. "'Before Jehovah' implies nothing more than that Jephthah confirmed all his words by an oath" (Hengstenberg, Diss. ii. pp. 35, 36). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| All his words - Or, all his matters, the whole business. Before the Lord - That is, before the public congregation, wherewith God was usually, and then especially present. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Jepthah went with the elders - The elders had chosen him for their head; but, to be valid, this choice must be confirmed by the people; therefore, it is said, the people made him head. But even this did not complete the business; God must be brought in as a party to this transaction; and therefore Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord - the terms made with the elders and the people on which he had accepted the command of the army; and, being sure of the Divine approbation, he entered on the work with confidence. |
27 Wherefore I have not sinned [02398] against thee, but thou doest [06213] [0853] me wrong [07451] to war [03898] against me: the LORD [03068] the Judge [08199] be judge [08199] this day [03117] between the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
23 So now the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] hath dispossessed [03423] the Amorites [0567] from before [06440] his people [05971] Israel [03478], and shouldest thou possess [03423] it?
15 And said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] Jephthah [03316], Israel [03478] took not away [03947] the land [0776] of Moab [04124], nor the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]:
12 And Jephthah [03316] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], saying [0559], What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come [0935] against me to fight [03898] in my land [0776]?
2 And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto them, I and my people [05971] were [01961] at great [03966] strife [0376] [07379] with the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]; and when I called [02199] you, ye delivered [03467] me not out of their hands [03027].
18 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] arose [06965], and went up [05927] to the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and asked [07592] counsel of God [0430], and said [0559], Which [04310] of us shall go up [05927] first [08462] to the battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144]? And the LORD [03068] said [0559], Judah [03063] shall go up first [08462].
7 Now a certain man [0376] of the servants [05650] of Saul [07586] was there that day [03117], detained [06113] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and his name [08034] was Doeg [01673], an Edomite [0130], the chiefest [047] of the herdmen [07462] that belonged to Saul [07586].
8 And the men [0582] arose [06965], and went away [03212]: and Joshua [03091] charged [06680] them that went [01980] to describe [03789] the land [0776], saying [0559], Go [03212] and walk [01980] through the land [0776], and describe [03789] it, and come again [07725] to me, that I may here cast [07993] lots [01486] for you before [06440] the LORD [03068] in Shiloh [07887].
2 And the people [05971] came [0935] to the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and abode [03427] there till even [06153] before [06440] God [0430], and lifted up [05375] their voices [06963], and wept [01058] [01065] sore [01419];
26 Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and all the people [05971], went up [05927], and came [0935] unto the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and wept [01058], and sat [03427] there before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] that day [03117] until even [06153], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068].