Judges 11:14

Again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon,

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In The King James Version

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:

In Context

13The king of the people of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because when Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, over to the Jordan. Now give back those lands in peace.”

15and he said, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab and the land of the people of Ammon,

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Cross References

Psalms 120:7I am for peace, 1 but when I speak, they are for war.

Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, and also the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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 →

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