Judges 11:14

14 Once again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the {Ammonites},

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 And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the {Ammonites}, saying, "What [is between] you and me that you have come to me to make war against my land?"

13 And the king of the {Ammonites} said to Jephthah's messengers, "Because Israel took my land from [the] Arnon up to the Jabbok and the Jordan when they came up from Egypt; so then, restore it peacefully."

14 Once again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the {Ammonites},

15 and he said to him, "Thus says Jephthah, 'Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the {Ammonites},

16 because when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the {Red Sea} and went to Kadesh.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "sons/children of Ammon"