Jueces 12:3

3 Cuando vi que ustedes no me ayudarían, arriesgué mi vida, marché contra los amonitas, y el SEÑOR los entregó en mis manos. ¿Por qué, pues, han subido hoy a luchar contra mí?

Jueces 12:3 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 12:3

And when I saw that ye delivered me not
Gave him no assistance against their common enemy, did not attempt to save him and his people out of their hands, but left them to defend themselves:

I put my life in my hands;
ready to deliver it up in the defence of his country; the meaning is, that he exposed himself to the utmost danger, hazarded his life in going with a few troops into an enemy's country to fight him, and so liable to lose his life; which was in as much danger, as some observe, as any brittle thing contained in the hand is in danger of falling, or of being snatched out of it:

and passed over against the children of Ammon:
took a long and fatiguing march over the land of Gilead into that of the children of Ammon, to fight with them:

and the Lord delivered them into my hand;
gave him victory over them, which showed that his cause was just, and his call to engage in it clear:

wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?
who rather should have come with thanks to him for the service he had done, not only for the Gileadites, but for all Israel; for had he not fought against the children of Ammon, and conquered them, they would have soon not only overrun and oppressed Gilead, but would have come over Jordan, and dispossessed the other tribes, and particularly Ephraim, as they had done already, ( Judges 10:9 ) so that it was base ingratitude in these people to come to fight against Jephthah, who had fought for them, and wrought salvation for them.

Jueces 12:3 In-Context

1 Los hombres de Efraín se alistaron, y cruzaron el río hacia Zafón y le dijeron a Jefté:—¿Por qué fuiste a luchar contra los amonitas sin llamarnos para ir contigo? ¡Ahora prenderemos fuego a tu casa, contigo adentro!

2 Jefté respondió:—Mi pueblo y yo estábamos librando una gran contienda con los amonitas y, aunque yo los llamé, ustedes no me libraron de su poder.

3 Cuando vi que ustedes no me ayudarían, arriesgué mi vida, marché contra los amonitas, y el SEÑOR los entregó en mis manos. ¿Por qué, pues, han subido hoy a luchar contra mí?

4 Entonces Jefté reunió a todos los hombres de Galaad y lucharon contra los de la tribu de Efraín. Los de Galaad derrotaron a los de Efraín porque estos les habían dicho: «Ustedes los galaaditas son renegados de Efraín y Manasés».

5 Los galaaditas ocuparon los vados del Jordán que conducen a Efraín, y cada vez que algún sobreviviente de Efraín decía: «Déjenme cruzar», los hombres de Galaad le preguntaban: «¿Eres de la tribu de Efraín?» Si él contestaba: «No»,