Judges 11:6

And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

In Context

5And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:

7And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father's house, and now you are come to me constrained by necessity?

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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.

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 →

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