Judges 11:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:

Judges 11:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Psalms 120:7
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-28)

We have here the treaty between Jephthah, now judge of Israel, and the king of the Ammonites (who is not named), that the controversy between the two nations might, if possible, be accommodated without the effusion of blood. I. Jephthah, as one having authority, sent to the king of Ammon, who in this war was the aggressor, to demand his reasons for invading the land of Israel: “ Why hast thou come…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

12-28. Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon--This first act in his judicial capacity reflects the highest credit on his character for prudence and moderation, justice and humanity. The bravest officers have always been averse to war; so Jephthah, whose courage was indisputable, resolved not only to make it clearly appear that hostilities were forced upon him, but to try…