Shìshījì 11:5

5 Yàmén rén gōngdǎ Yǐsèliè de shíhou , Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo dào tuó bǎi dì qù , yào jiào Yēfútā huí lái .

Shìshījì 11:5 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:5

And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against
Israel
Were preparing for it, and had assembled their forces near them, and had began to make some efforts against them:

the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
they did not send messengers to him, but went themselves, partly to show greater respect to him, and partly in hopes of better success, being aware of objections he would make, which they could better answer themselves than a deputation.

Shìshījì 11:5 In-Context

3 Yēfútā jiù taóbì tāde dìxiōng , qù zhù zaì tuó bǎi dì , yǒu xiē fĕi tú dào Tānàli jùjí , yǔ tā yītóng chūrù .

4 Guō le xiē rìzi , Yàmén rén gōngdǎ Yǐsèliè .

5 Yàmén rén gōngdǎ Yǐsèliè de shíhou , Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo dào tuó bǎi dì qù , yào jiào Yēfútā huí lái .

6 Duì Yēfútā shuō , qǐng nǐ lái zuò wǒmen de yuán shuaì , wǒmen hǎo yǔ Yàmén rén zhēng zhàn .

7 Yēfútā huídá Jīliè de zhǎnglǎo shuō , cóng qián nǐmen bú shì hèn wǒ , gǎn zhú wǒ chū lí fù jiā ma . xiànzaì nǐmen zāoyù jí nán wèihé dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái ne .