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Judges 11:28

Jephthah

26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

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BSB
But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
KJV
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
WEB
However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
ASV
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
DARBY
But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.
BLB
And the king of the sons of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah, that he sent to him.
ÅB
Men ammonittenes konge hørte ikke på de ord som Jeftas sendebud bar fram til ham.
OTB
Ammonittenes konge ignorerte imidlertid budskapet Jefta sendte ham.
B1930
Men ammonittenes konge hørte ikke på de ord som Jeftas sendebud bar frem til ham.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 16:18

    Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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  • 2 Kings 14:11

    But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

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