Judges - 11:32



32 So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand.

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 11:32.

Differing Translations

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And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon, to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand.
And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,
So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.
And Jephthah crossed to the sons of Ammon, so that he might fight against them. And the Lord delivered them into his hands.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon, to fight against them,.... As in Judges 11:29, after he had made the above vow:
and the Lord delivered them into his hands; when both armies met and engaged, victory was on the side of Jephthah; the Lord being with him, and giving him success, to where all is justly ascribed.

HE OVERCOMES THE AMMONITES. (Judges 11:32-33)
Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon . . . and the Lord delivered them into his hands--He met and engaged them at Aroer, a town in the tribe of Gad, upon the Arnon. A decisive victory crowned the arms of Israel, and the pursuit was continued to Abel (plain of the vineyards), from south to north, over an extent of about sixty miles.

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