Judges 11:6
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
Majority Standard Bible
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 made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Cross References
Judges 10:17Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and 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 →