Judges 12:1
And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”
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Judges 14:15And when the seventh day had arrived, they said to the wife of Samson: “Coax your husband, and persuade him to reveal to you what the proposition means. But if you are not willing to do so, we will burn you and your father’s house. Or have you called us to the wedding in order to despoil us?”
2 Samuel 19:41And so, all the men of Israel, running to the king, said to him: “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away. And why have they led the king and his house across the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”
Proverbs 27:3A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.
Mark 3:24For if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
James 3:16For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
Matthew Henry on Judges 12:1
In this chapter we have, I. Jephthah's rencounter with the Ephraimites, and the blood shed on that unhappy occasion ( ver. 1-6 ), and the conclusion of Jephthah's life and government, ver. 7 . II. A short account of three other of the judges of Israel: Ibzan ( ver. 8-10 ), Elon ( ver. 11, 12 ), Abdon, ver. 13-15 . Read the whole commentary →