Judges 11:32

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Jephthah	יִפְתָּ֛ח yif.Tach	H3316	Jiphtach · proper noun, a man's name
over	וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר vai.ya.'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Ammon	עַמּ֖וֹן a.Mon	H5983	Ammon · proper noun, a man's name
fight	לְהִלָּ֣חֶם le.hi.La.chem	H3898	to feed on · preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
delivered	וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם vai.yi.te.Nem	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
hands	בְּיָדֽוֹ be.ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Judges 1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men…
Judges 2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days…
Judges 3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesop…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:29–end

We have here Jephthah triumphing in a glorious victory, but, as an alloy to his joy, troubled and distressed by an unadvised vow. I. Jephthah's victory was clear, and shines very brightly, both to his honour and to the honour of God, his in pleading and God's in owning a righteous cause. 1. God gave him an excellent spirit, and he improved it bravely, Jdg 11:29. When it appeared by the people's unanimous choice of him for their leader that he had so clear a call to engage, and by the obstinate deafness of the king of Ammon to the proposals of accommodation that he had so just a cause to engage in, then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and very much advanced his natural faculties, enduin…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:32

HE OVERCOMES THE AMMONITES. (Jdg 11:32-33) Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon . . . and the Lord delivered them into his hands--He met and engaged them at Aroer, a town in the tribe of Gad, upon the Arnon. A decisive victory crowned the arms of Israel, and the pursuit was continued to Abel (plain of the vineyards), from south to north, over an extent of about sixty miles.

John Gill on Judges 11:32

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon, to fight against them,.... As in Judges 11:29, after he had made the above vow: and the Lord delivered them into his hands; when both armies met and engaged, victory was on the side of Jephthah; the Lord being with him, and giving him success, to where all is justly ascribed.

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 11:29-33

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. - As the negotiations with the king of the Ammonites were fruitless, Jephthah had no other course left than to appeal to the sword. Jdg 11:29 In the power of the Spirit of Jehovah which came upon him (see Jdg 3:10), he passed through Gilead (the land of the tribes of Reuben and Gad between the Arnon and the Jabbok) and Manasseh (northern Gilead and Bashan, which the half tribe of Manasseh had received for a possession), to gather together an army to battle, and then went with the assembled army to Mizpeh-Gilead, i.e., Ramoth-mizpeh, where the Israelites had already encamped before his call (Jdg 10:17), that he might thence attach the Ammonites. עבר (to…

Dictionary and topics

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…
Ammonites · General references — General references
Ammonites, The · Jephthah raised up to deliver Israel from — Jephthah raised up to deliver Israel from
Jephthah · General references — General references
Oaths · Instances of rash: Jephthah — Instances of rash: Jephthah
Rashness · .Jephthah’ s vow — .Jephthah’ s vow
Vows · if his — if his

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).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:32

John Gill on Judges 11:32

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 11:29-33

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 11:32

John Gill on Judges 11:32

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 11:29-33

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 11:29