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Jud 11:12 Strong Concordance 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]?
  King James And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
HIS EMBASSY TO THE KING OF AMMON. (Jdg. 11:12-28)

Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon--This first act in his judicial capacity reflects the highest credit on his character for prudence and moderation, justice and humanity. The bravest officers have always been averse to war; so Jephthah, whose courage was indisputable, resolved not only to make it clearly appear that hostilities were forced upon him, but to try measures for avoiding, if possible, an appeal to arms: and in pursuing such a course he was acting as became a leader in Israel (Deu 20:10-18).
 
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10 When thou comest nigh [07126] unto a city [05892] to fight [03898] against it, then proclaim [07121] peace [07965] unto it.
11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer [06030] of peace [07965], and open [06605] unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people [05971] that is found [04672] therein shall be tributaries [04522] unto thee, and they shall serve [05647] thee.
12 And if it will make no peace [07999] with thee, but will make [06213] war [04421] against thee, then thou shalt besiege [06696] it:
13 And when the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath delivered [05414] it into thine hands [03027], thou shalt smite [05221] every male [02138] thereof with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719]:
14 But the women [0802], and the little ones [02945], and the cattle [0929], and all that is in the city [05892], even all the spoil [07998] thereof, shalt thou take [0962] unto thyself; and thou shalt eat [0398] the spoil [07998] of thine enemies [0341], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath given [05414] thee.
15 Thus shalt thou do [06213] unto all the cities [05892] which are very [03966] far off [07350] from thee, which [02007] are not of the cities [05892] of these nations [01471].
16 But of the cities [05892] of these people [05971], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] doth give [05414] thee for an inheritance [05159], thou shalt save alive [02421] nothing that breatheth [05397]:
17 But thou shalt utterly [02763] destroy [02763] them; namely, the Hittites [02850], and the Amorites [0567], the Canaanites [03669], and the Perizzites [06522], the Hivites [02340], and the Jebusites [02983]; as the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath commanded [06680] thee:
18 That they teach [03925] you not to do [06213] after all their abominations [08441], which they have done [06213] unto their gods [0430]; so should ye sin [02398] against the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
28 Howbeit the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] hearkened [08085] not unto the words [01697] of Jephthah [03316] which he sent [07971] him.
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].
3 Then your south [05045] quarter [06285] shall be from the wilderness [04057] of Zin [06790] along by the coast [03027] of Edom [0123], and your south [05045] border [01366] shall be the outmost coast [07097] of the salt [04417] sea [03220] eastward [06924]:
9 From Aroer [06177], that is upon the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and the city [05892] that is in the midst [08432] of the river [05158], and all the plain [04334] of Medeba [04311] unto Dibon [01769];
2 Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who dwelt [03427] in Heshbon [02809], and ruled [04910] from Aroer [06177], which is upon the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and from the middle [08432] of the river [05158], and from half [02677] Gilead [01568], even unto the river [05158] Jabbok [02999], which is the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983];
48 From Aroer [06177], which is by the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], even unto mount [02022] Sion [07865], which is Hermon [02768],
36 From Aroer [06177], which is by the brink [08193] of the river [05158] of Arnon [0769], and from the city [05892] that is by the river [05158], even unto Gilead [01568], there was not one city [07151] too strong [07682] for us: the LORD [03068] our God [0430] delivered [05414] all unto us [06440]:
34 And the children [01121] of Gad [01410] built [01129] Dibon [01769], and Ataroth [05852], and Aroer [06177],
25 And their coast [01366] was Jazer [03270], and all the cities [05892] of Gilead [01568], and half [02677] the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], unto Aroer [06177] that is before [06440] Rabbah [07237];
25 And Israel [03478] took [03947] all these cities [05892]: and Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] in all the cities [05892] of the Amorites [0567], in Heshbon [02809], and in all the villages [01323] thereof.
26 For Heshbon [02809] was the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who had fought [03898] against the former [07223] king [04428] of Moab [04124], and taken [03947] all his land [0776] out of his hand [03027], even unto Arnon [0769].
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?
25 And now art thou any thing better [02896] than Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124]? did he ever [07378] strive [07378] against Israel [03478], or did he ever [03898] fight [03898] against them,
25 And now art thou any thing better [02896] than Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834], king [04428] of Moab [04124]? did he ever [07378] strive [07378] against Israel [03478], or did he ever [03898] fight [03898] against them,
26 While Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] in Heshbon [02809] and her towns [01323], and in Aroer [06177] and her towns [01323], and in all the cities [05892] that be along by the coasts [03027] of Arnon [0769], three [07969] hundred [03967] years [08141]? why therefore did ye not recover [05337] them within that time [06256]?
29 Woe [0188] to thee, Moab [04124]! thou art undone [06], O people [05971] of Chemosh [03645]: he hath given [05414] his sons [01121] that escaped [06412], and his daughters [01323], into captivity [07622] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567].
24 Wilt not thou possess [03423] that which Chemosh [03645] thy god [0430] giveth thee to possess [03423]? So whomsoever the LORD [03068] our God [0430] shall drive out [03423] from before [06440] us, them will we possess [03423].
1 Hear [08085], O Israel [03478]: Thou art to pass over [05674] Jordan [03383] this day [03117], to go in [0935] to possess [03423] nations [01471] greater [01419] and mightier [06099] than thyself, cities [05892] great [01419] and fenced up [01219] to heaven [08064],
21 A people [05971] great [01419], and many [07227], and tall [07311], as the Anakims [06062]; but the LORD [03068] destroyed [08045] them before [06440] them; and they succeeded [03423] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead:
22 As he did [06213] to the children [01121] of Esau [06215], which dwelt [03427] in Seir [08165], when he destroyed [08045] the Horims [02752] from before [06440] them; and they succeeded [03423] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead even unto this day [03117]:
12 The Horims [02752] also dwelt [03427] in Seir [08165] beforetime [06440]; but the children [01121] of Esau [06215] succeeded [03423] them, when they had destroyed [08045] them from before [06440] them, and dwelt [03427] in their stead; as Israel [03478] did [06213] unto the land [0776] of his possession [03425], which the LORD [03068] gave [05414] unto them.
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?
24 Wilt not thou possess [03423] that which Chemosh [03645] thy god [0430] giveth thee to possess [03423]? So whomsoever the LORD [03068] our God [0430] shall drive out [03423] from before [06440] us, them will we possess [03423].
23 And Sihon [05511] would not suffer [05414] Israel [03478] to pass [05674] through his border [01366]: but Sihon [05511] gathered [0622] all his people [05971] together [0622], and went out [03318] against [07125] Israel [03478] into the wilderness [04057]: and he came [0935] to Jahaz [03096], and fought [03898] against Israel [03478].
23 And Sihon [05511] would not suffer [05414] Israel [03478] to pass [05674] through his border [01366]: but Sihon [05511] gathered [0622] all his people [05971] together [0622], and went out [03318] against [07125] Israel [03478] into the wilderness [04057]: and he came [0935] to Jahaz [03096], and fought [03898] against Israel [03478].
21 And Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], saying [0559],
22 Let me pass [05674] through thy land [0776]: we will not turn [05186] into the fields [07704], or into the vineyards [03754]; we will not drink [08354] of the waters [04325] of the well [0875]: but we will go along [03212] by the king's [04428] high way [01870], until we be past [05674] thy borders [01366].
23 And Sihon [05511] would not suffer [05414] Israel [03478] to pass [05674] through his border [01366]: but Sihon [05511] gathered [0622] all his people [05971] together [0622], and went out [03318] against [07125] Israel [03478] into the wilderness [04057]: and he came [0935] to Jahaz [03096], and fought [03898] against Israel [03478].
24 And Israel [03478] smote [05221] him with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and possessed [03423] his land [0776] from Arnon [0769] unto Jabbok [02999], even unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]: for the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] was strong [05794].
25 And Israel [03478] took [03947] all these cities [05892]: and Israel [03478] dwelt [03427] in all the cities [05892] of the Amorites [0567], in Heshbon [02809], and in all the villages [01323] thereof.
19 And Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], the king [04428] of Heshbon [02809]; and Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, Let us pass [05674], we pray thee, through thy land [0776] into [05704] my place [04725].
20 But Sihon [05511] trusted [0539] not Israel [03478] to pass [05674] through his coast [01366]: but Sihon [05511] gathered [0622] all his people [05971] together [0622], and pitched [02583] in Jahaz [03096], and fought [03898] against Israel [03478].
21 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] delivered [05414] Sihon [05511] and all his people [05971] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], and they smote [05221] them: so Israel [03478] possessed [03423] all the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], the inhabitants [03427] of that country [0776].
22 And they possessed [03423] all the coasts [01366] of the Amorites [0567], from Arnon [0769] even unto Jabbok [02999], and from the wilderness [04057] even unto Jordan [03383].
19 And Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], the king [04428] of Heshbon [02809]; and Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, Let us pass [05674], we pray thee, through thy land [0776] into [05704] my place [04725].
20 But Sihon [05511] trusted [0539] not Israel [03478] to pass [05674] through his coast [01366]: but Sihon [05511] gathered [0622] all his people [05971] together [0622], and pitched [02583] in Jahaz [03096], and fought [03898] against Israel [03478].
21 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] delivered [05414] Sihon [05511] and all his people [05971] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], and they smote [05221] them: so Israel [03478] possessed [03423] all the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], the inhabitants [03427] of that country [0776].
22 And they possessed [03423] all the coasts [01366] of the Amorites [0567], from Arnon [0769] even unto Jabbok [02999], and from the wilderness [04057] even unto Jordan [03383].
13 From thence they removed [05265], and pitched [02583] on the other side [05676] of Arnon [0769], which is in the wilderness [04057] that cometh out [03318] of the coasts [01366] of the Amorites [0567]: for Arnon [0769] is the border [01366] of Moab [04124], between Moab [04124] and the Amorites [0567].
13 From thence they removed [05265], and pitched [02583] on the other side [05676] of Arnon [0769], which is in the wilderness [04057] that cometh out [03318] of the coasts [01366] of the Amorites [0567]: for Arnon [0769] is the border [01366] of Moab [04124], between Moab [04124] and the Amorites [0567].
11 And they journeyed [05265] from Oboth [088], and pitched [02583] at Ijeabarim [05863], in the wilderness [04057] which is before [06440] Moab [04124], toward the sunrising [04217] [08121].
4 And they journeyed [05265] from mount [02022] Hor [02023] by the way [01870] of the Red [05488] sea [03220], to compass [05437] the land [0776] of Edom [0123]: and the soul [05315] of the people [05971] was much discouraged [07114] because of the way [01870].
1 Then came [0935] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], into the desert [04057] of Zin [06790] in the first [07223] month [02320]: and the people [05971] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946]; and Miriam [04813] died [04191] there, and was buried [06912] there.
14 And Moses [04872] sent [07971] messengers [04397] from Kadesh [06946] unto the king [04428] of Edom [0123], Thus saith [0559] thy brother [0251] Israel [03478], Thou knowest [03045] all the travail [08513] that hath befallen [04672] us:
15 How our fathers [01] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714], and we have dwelt [03427] in Egypt [04714] a long [07227] time [03117]; and the Egyptians [04714] vexed [07489] us, and our fathers [01]:
16 And when we cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068], he heard [08085] our voice [06963], and sent [07971] an angel [04397], and hath brought us forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]: and, behold, we are in Kadesh [06946], a city [05892] in the uttermost [07097] of thy border [01366]:
17 Let us pass [05674], I pray thee, through thy country [0776]: we will not pass [05674] through the fields [07704], or through the vineyards [03754], neither will we drink [08354] of the water [04325] of the wells [0875]: we will go [03212] by the king's [04428] high way [01870], we will not turn [05186] to the right hand [03225] nor to the left [08040], until we have passed [05674] thy borders [01366].
18 And Edom [0123] said [0559] unto him, Thou shalt not pass [05674] by me, lest I come out [03318] against [07125] thee with the sword [02719].
19 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, We will go [05927] by the high way [04546]: and if I and my cattle [04735] drink [08354] of thy water [04325], then I will pay [05414] [04377] for it: I will only, without doing any thing [01697] else, go through [05674] on my feet [07272].
20 And he said [0559], Thou shalt not go through [05674]. And Edom [0123] came out [03318] against [07125] him with much [03515] people [05971], and with a strong [02389] hand [03027].
21 Thus Edom [0123] refused [03985] to give [05414] Israel [03478] passage [05674] through his border [01366]: wherefore Israel [03478] turned away [05186] from him.
1 Then came [0935] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], into the desert [04057] of Zin [06790] in the first [07223] month [02320]: and the people [05971] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946]; and Miriam [04813] died [04191] there, and was buried [06912] there.
16 But when Israel [03478] came up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and walked [03212] through the wilderness [04057] unto the Red [05488] sea [03220], and came [0935] to Kadesh [06946];
17 Then Israel [03478] sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto the king [04428] of Edom [0123], saying [0559], Let me, I pray thee, pass through [05674] thy land [0776]: but the king [04428] of Edom [0123] would not hearken [08085] thereto. And in like manner they sent [07971] unto the king [04428] of Moab [04124]: but he would [014] not consent: and Israel [03478] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946].
18 Then they went along [03212] through the wilderness [04057], and compassed [05437] the land [0776] of Edom [0123], and the land [0776] of Moab [04124], and came [0935] by the east side [04217] [08121] of the land [0776] of Moab [04124], and pitched [02583] on the other side [05676] of Arnon [0769], but came [0935] not within the border [01366] of Moab [04124]: for Arnon [0769] was the border [01366] of Moab [04124].
14 And Jephthah [03316] sent [07971] messengers [04397] again [03254] unto the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]:
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]:
26 For Heshbon [02809] was the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who had fought [03898] against the former [07223] king [04428] of Moab [04124], and taken [03947] all his land [0776] out of his hand [03027], even unto Arnon [0769].
26 For Heshbon [02809] was the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who had fought [03898] against the former [07223] king [04428] of Moab [04124], and taken [03947] all his land [0776] out of his hand [03027], even unto Arnon [0769].
26 And from Heshbon [02809] unto Ramathmizpeh [07434], and Betonim [0993]; and from Mahanaim [04266] unto the border [01366] of Debir [01688];
25 And their coast [01366] was Jazer [03270], and all the cities [05892] of Gilead [01568], and half [02677] the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], unto Aroer [06177] that is before [06440] Rabbah [07237];
26 For Heshbon [02809] was the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] the king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], who had fought [03898] against the former [07223] king [04428] of Moab [04124], and taken [03947] all his land [0776] out of his hand [03027], even unto Arnon [0769].
19 And when thou comest nigh [07126] over against [04136] the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], distress [06696] them not, nor meddle [01624] with them: for I will not give [05414] thee of the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] any possession [03425]; because I have given [05414] it unto the children [01121] of Lot [03876] for a possession [03425].
9 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Distress [06696] not the Moabites [04124], neither contend [01624] with them in battle [04421]: for I will not give [05414] thee of their land [0776] for a possession [03425]; because I have given [05414] Ar [06144] unto the children [01121] of Lot [03876] for a possession [03425].
5 Meddle [01624] not with them; for I will not give [05414] you of their land [0776], no, not so much as a foot [07272] breadth [04096] [03709]; because I have given [05414] mount [02022] Seir [08165] unto Esau [06215] for a possession [03425].
13 And the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] answered [0559] unto the messengers [04397] of Jephthah [03316], Because Israel [03478] took away [03947] my land [0776], when they came up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], from Arnon [0769] even unto Jabbok [02999], and unto Jordan [03383]: now therefore restore those lands again [07725] peaceably [07965].
10 And the king [04428] said [0559], What have I to do with you, ye sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870]? so let him curse [07043], because the LORD [03068] hath said [0559] unto him, Curse [07043] David [01732]. Who shall then say [0559], Wherefore hast thou done so [06213]?
24 And if we have not rather done [06213] it for fear [01674] of this thing [01697], saying [0559], In time to come [04279] your children [01121] might speak [0559] unto our children [01121], saying [0559], What have ye to do with the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]?
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]?