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Selected Verse: Judges 12:2 - Strong Concordance

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Jud 12:2 Strong Concordance 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].
  King James And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

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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]
when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands--The straightforward answer of Jephthah shows that their charge was false; their complaint of not being treated as confederates and allies entirely without foundation; and their boast of a ready contribution of their services came with an ill grace from people who had purposely delayed appearing till the crisis was past.
 
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