Judges 11:20

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Sihon	סִיח֤וֹן si.Chon	H5511	Sichon · proper noun, a man's name
trusted	הֶאֱמִ֨ין he.'e.Min	H539	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
pass	עֲבֹ֣ר 'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal infinitive construct
coast	בִּגְבֻל֔וֹ big.vu.Lo	H1366	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Sihon	סִיחוֹן֙ si.chOn	H5511	Sichon · proper noun, a man's name
gathered	וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף vai.ye.'e.Sof	H622	to gather for any purpose · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
people	עַמּ֔וֹ a.Mo	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
together	אָסַף ʼâçaph	H622	to gather for any purpose
pitched	וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu	H2583	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Jahaz	בְּיָ֑הְצָה be.Ya.he.tzah	H3096	Jahats or Jahtsah · preposition + proper noun, a place name + directional suffix
fought	וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם vai.yi.La.chem	H3898	to feed on · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Psalms 135:10-12 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Numbers 21:23-25 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into t…
Deuteronomy 2:32-34 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
Joshua 13:15-32 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
Nehemiah 9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the…
Psalms 136:17-21 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:12-28

We have here the treaty between Jephthah, now judge of Israel, and the king of the Ammonites (who is not named), that the controversy between the two nations might, if possible, be accommodated without the effusion of blood. I. Jephthah, as one having authority, sent to the king of Ammon, who in this war was the aggressor, to demand his reasons for invading the land of Israel: "Why hast thou come to fight against me in my land? Jdg 11:12. Had I come first into thy land to disturb thee in thy possession, this would have been reason enough for fighting against me, for how must force be repelled but by force? but what hast thou to do to come thus in a hostile manner into my land?" so he calls i…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:13

the king of Ammon . . ., Because Israel took away my land--(See on Deu 2:19). The subject of quarrel was a claim of right advanced by the Ammonite monarch to the lands which the Israelites were occupying. Jephthah's reply was clear, decisive, and unanswerable;--first, those lands were not in the possession of the Ammonites when his countrymen got them, and that they had been acquired by right of conquest from the Amorites [Jdg 11:21]; secondly, the Israelites had now, by a lapse of three hundred years of undisputed possession, established a prescriptive right to the occupation [Jdg 11:22-23]; and thirdly, having received a grant of them from the Lord, his people were entitled to maintain the…

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John Gill on Judges 11:20

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through, his coast,.... For fear they should seize upon his dominions, and retain them; and the more fearful he might be, as he knew that his people were one of the seven nations of the Canaanites, whose land they were going to possess, and whom they were to destroy: but Sihon gathered all his people together; in some certain place, and armed them, and went out in an hostile manner against Israel in the wilderness, to attack them; whereby it appears that he was the aggressor, and therefore Israel was not to be blamed, as not for fending themselves, so neither for seizing and possessing his country when they had conquered him: and pitched in Jahaz, and f…

Dictionary and topics

Jahaz, Also Jahaza, Jahazah And Juhzah — (trodden down). Under these four forms is given in the Authorized Version the name of a place which in the Hebrew appears as Yahats and Yahtsah . At Jahaz the decisive battle was fought between the…
Jephthah — Whom God sets free, or the breaker through, a “mighty man of valour” who delivered Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites (Judg. 11:1-33), and judged Israel six years (12:7). He has been…
Ambassadors · Israelites to various nations — Israelites to various nations
Ammonites, The · Jephthah raised up to deliver Israel from — Jephthah raised up to deliver Israel from
Diplomacy · General references — General references
Jahaz · Sihon — Sihon
Jephthah · His message to the king of the Ammonites — His message to the king of the Ammonites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 11:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:12-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:13

John Gill on Judges 11:20

Dictionary and topics

Judges 11:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:12-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:13

John Gill on Judges 11:20

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 11:12-28

Rashi on Judges 11:18