However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Judges 11:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 14:11 But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
- Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of…
Jdg 11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Ver. 28. Hearkened not to the words of Jephthah.] For his ears were stopped with pertinacity, pride, and covetousness. God also hath a controversy against him, and a purpose to destroy him.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord,.... Before…
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord,.... Before he set out for the land of the children of Ammon, and to fight with them; hoping that such a religious disposition of mind would be regarded by the Lord, and be acceptable to him, and he should be blessed with success in his enterprise:
and said, if thou shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands; though he was assured of the justness of his cause, and of his call to engage in it, he seems to have some little diffidence in his mind about the success of it; at least, was not fully certain of it.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened…
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah--His remonstrances to the aggressor were disregarded, and war being inevitable, preparations were made for a determined resistance.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) Hearkened not.—We are not told of any counter-arguments.…
(28) Hearkened not.—We are not told of any counter-arguments. Probably the king of Ammon cared only for the argument of the sword—
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Contented him, the simple plan
That they should get who have the power,
And they should keep who can.”
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