Judges 11:6

“Come and be our army commander,” they asked Jepthah, “so we can fight the Ammonites.”

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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

5As the Ammonites were attacking Israel, the elders of Gilead came to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

7“Weren't you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father's house?” Jephthah asked them. “Why are you coming to me now you're in trouble?”

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Cross References

Judges 10:17The Ammonite armies had been called up and were camped in Gilead. The Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

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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