Judges 11:27
I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by going to war against me. Let the Lord, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
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In Context
28But the king of Ammon didn't pay any attention to what Jephthah had to say.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25No, you can't do something like that! You can't kill the good with the wicked, otherwise you would be treating the good and the wicked in the same way. You can't do that! Isn't the Judge of all the earth going to do the right thing?”
1 Samuel 2:10The Lord crushes his enemies, he thunders against them from heaven. He rules the whole earth; he strengthens his king, and gives power to the one he has anointed.”
1 Samuel 24:13As the old saying goes, ‘From the wicked comes wickedness,’ but I myself will never try to harm you.
1 Samuel 24:16After David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that you speaking, David my son?” and he wept out loud.
Job 23:7There a good person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Psalms 7:11God is a fair judge who is always hostile to evil.
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 →