Judges 11:4
2 And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
5 and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6 “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
- KJV
- And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
- WEB
- After a while, the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
- ASV
- And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass after some time, that the children of Ammon fought with Israel.
- BLB
- And it came to pass after some days, that the sons of Ammon made war against Israel.
- ÅB
- En tid etter begynte Ammons barn krig mot Israel.
- OTB
- Etter en tid førte ammonittene krig mot Israel.
- B1930
- Nogen tid efter begynte Ammons barn krig mot Israel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 10:9
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
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