Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the sons of Ammon.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
28However the king of the sons of Ammon did not hearken to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Cross References
Numbers 11:25And LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took from the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders. And it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no mor
Judges 6:34But the Spirit of LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
Judges 13:25And the Spirit of LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
1 Samuel 16:13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
Matthew Henry on Judges 11:13-29
The War with the Ammonites. ( b. c. 1143.) 12 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? 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children… Read the whole commentary →