Judges 11:12

Easy To Read Version

Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites. The messengers gave the king this message: “What is the problem between the Ammonites and the people of Israel? Why have you come to fight in our land?”

Cross References

Numbers 20:14

While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent some men with a message to the king of Edom. The message said: “Your brothers, the people of Israel, say to you: You know about all the troubles that we have had.

Numbers 21:21

The people of Israel sent some men to Sihon, the king of the Amorite people. The men said to the king,

Matthew 8:29

The two men came to Jesus and shouted, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to punish us before the right time?”

Deuteronomy 2:26

“While we were in the desert of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to Sihon, the king of Heshbon. The messengers offered peace to Sihon. They said,

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders (leaders) from Gilead. Those people made Jephthah their leader and their commander. Jephthah repeated all of his words in front of the Lord at the city of Mizpah.

Judges 11:13

The king of the Ammonite people said to the messengers of Jephthah, “We are fighting Israel because the people of Israel took our land when they came up from Egypt. They took our land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River to the Jordan River. Now tell the people of Israel to give our land back to us in peace.”

Judges 12:2

Jephthah answered them, “The Ammonite people have been giving us many problems. So I and my people fought against them. I called you, but you didn’t come to help us.