Judges 11:14

14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the king of Ammon

Judges 11:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:14

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the
children of Ammon.
] Being willing to give him all the satisfaction he could, and if possible live peaceably with him, and prevent the effusion of blood.

Judges 11:14 In-Context

12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon to say, "What is your quarrel with us? Why have you invaded our country?"

13 The king of Ammon answered Jephthah's messengers, "When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and the Jordan River. Now you must give it back peacefully."

14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the king of Ammon

15 with this answer: "It is not true that Israel took away the land of Moab or the land of Ammon.

16 This is what happened: when the Israelites left Egypt, they went through the desert to the Gulf of Aqaba and came to Kadesh.