Judges 11:28

28 But the king of the sons of Ammon disregarded * the message which Jephthah sent him.

Judges 11:28 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:28

Howbeit, the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto
the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
] He attended not to the arguments Jephthah made use of, and did not choose to seem at least to be convinced by them, nor to regard the awful appeal he had made to the great Jehovah.

Judges 11:28 In-Context

26 'While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
27 'I therefore have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by making war against me; may the LORD , the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.' "
28 But the king of the sons of Ammon disregarded the message which Jephthah sent him.
29 Now the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, so that he passed through Gilead and Manasseh; then he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he went on to the sons of Ammon.
30 Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, "If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "did not listen to the words"
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