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Judges 10:18

Gilead

16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

17 Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
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BSB
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
KJV
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.
WEB
The people, the princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
ASV
And the people, the 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.
DARBY
And the people, the chief men of Gilead, said one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
BLB
And the people—the leaders of Gilead—said one to another, “Who [is] the man who will begin the fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall be head over all those dwelling in Gilead.”
ÅB
Da sa krigsfolket, høvdingene i Gilead, til hverandre: Hvor er den mann som vil gå først i striden mot Ammons barn? Han skal være høvding over alle som bor i Gilead.
OTB
Lederne i Gilead sa til hverandre: “Den som vil ta ledelsen i å angripe ammonittene, skal bli leder over alle innbyggerne i Gilead.”
B1930
Da sa krigsfolket, høvdingene i Gilead, til hverandre: Hvor er den mann som vil gå først i striden mot Ammons barn? Han skal være høvding over alle som bor i Gilead.

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Cross references

  • Judges 11:11

    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

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  • Isaiah 3:1–8

    For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,

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  • Isaiah 34:12

    No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

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  • Judges 1:1

    After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”

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  • Judges 11:5–8

    and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:25

    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

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  • Judges 12:7

    Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

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