Judges 11:23

Now, therefore, it was, Yahweh God of Israel, that dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,—and shalt, thou, possess it?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

In Context

22Yea they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites,—from Arnon, even as far as the Jabbok, and from the desert, even as far as the Jordan.

24What Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess, that, wilt thou not possess? and, whatsoever Yahweh our God hath set before us to possess, that, shall we not possess?

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Cross References

Genesis 48:22But, I, have given to thee one mountain-track above thy brethren,—which I took out of the hand of the Amorite, with my sword and with my bow.

2 Chronicles 20:11yea lo! they, are requiting us,—by coming to drive us out, from thy possession, which thou didst cause us to possess.

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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