Judges 10:18

And the people the princes of Gilead said every man to his neighbor, Who is he that shall begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Gilead.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

In Context

17And the children of Ammon went up, and encamped in Gilead; and the children of Israel were gathered together and encamped on the hill.

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Cross References

Judges 1:1And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?

Judges 11:5that the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah from the land of Tob.

Judges 12:7And Jephthah judged Israel six years; and Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city Gilead.

Isaiah 3:1Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,

Matthew Henry on Judges 10:11-18

The Repentance and Reformation of Israel. ( b. c. 1161.) 10 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord , saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. 11 And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? 12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13… Read the whole commentary →

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