Judges 11:5
And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4In those days the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
6And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.
Cross References
Judges 10:17And the children of Ammon shouting together, pitched their tents in Galaad: against whom the children of Israel assembled themselves together and camped in Maspha.
1 Samuel 11:6And the spirit of the Lord came upon Saul, when he had heard these words, and his anger was exceedingly kindled.
2 Samuel 10:6And the children of Ammon seeing that they had done an injury to David, Bent and hired the Syrians of Rohob, and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelve thousand men.
Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? him God sent to be prince and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Matthew Henry on Judges 11:5-12
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? 8 And the elders… Read the whole commentary →