Judges 11:5
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
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Gill's Exposition
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel,.... Were preparing for it, and had assembled their forces near them, and had began to make some efforts against them:
the…
Here is, I. The distress which the children of Israel were in upon the Ammonites' invasion of their country, Jdg 11:4. Probably this was the same invasion with that mentioned, Jdg 10:17, when the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And it was so … against Israel These words, which merely repeat Jdg 11:11, presuppose that the history has already begun, and were perhaps inserted to connect with Jdg 10:17 f. In some recensions of…
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