Judges 11:28

28 But the king of the {Ammonites} did not listen to the message that Jephthah sent to 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 When Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the towns that [are] {along the Arnon}, for three hundred years, why did you not recover [them] at that time?

27 I have not sinned against you; but you [are] the one who is doing wrong by making war against me. {Let Yahweh judge} today between the {Israelites} and the {Ammonites}."

28 But the king of the {Ammonites} did not listen to the message that Jephthah sent to him.

29 And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh. He passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed through [to] the {Ammonites}.

30 And Jephthah made a vow to Yahweh, and he said, "If indeed you will give the {Ammonites} into my hand,

Footnotes

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