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Jephthah sent messengers back to the king of Ammon.
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.
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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the question: “What do you have against me that you have attacked my country?”
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The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably.”
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Jephthah sent back messengers to the Ammonite king,
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saying: “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.
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But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and on to Kadesh.