Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then on through Mizpah of Gilead. From there he advanced to attack the Ammonites.
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28But the king of Ammon didn't pay any attention to what Jephthah had to say.
30Jephthah made a solemn promise to the Lord, saying, “If you make me victorious over the Ammonites,
Cross References
Numbers 11:25Then the Lord came down and talked to him. The Lord took some of the Spirit Moses had and gave it to them. They prophesied, but this didn't ever happen again.
Judges 6:34The Spirit of the Lord came on Gideon, and he blew the trumpet, calling the Abiezrites to join him.
Judges 13:25The Spirit of the Lord began to prompt him at Mahaneh Dan, a place between Zorah and Eshtaol.
1 Samuel 16:13Samuel took the flask of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord came on David in power from that day on. Then Samuel left and returned 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 →