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Judges 11:21

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Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

KJV

And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

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This verse in Judges 11

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 measures for avoiding, if possible, an appeal to arms: and in pursuing such a course he was acting as became a leader in Israel (De 20:10-18).

This site's exposition

Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites

on Judges 11:19-22

These four verses follow Numbers 21:21-25 closely, down to the request to pass through, Sihon's refusal, the battle at Jahaz, and the possession. The argument is that the land came out of Amorite hands in a war Sihon began, so Ammon is asking back ground it never held.

This site's exposition

delivered Sihon and all his people

Jephthah names the LORD, the God of Israel, as the one who delivered Sihon into Israel's hand. Land given by God in a war Sihon started is the strongest title he can claim. Verse 23 draws that conclusion.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel,....

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַ֠יִּתֵּןand he gave

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • יְהוָ֨הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵֽי־[the] God of

    ʾelohei-H430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • סִיח֧וֹןSihon

    sichonH5511 →37 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עַמּ֛וֹpeople his

    amoH5971 →1873 times

  • בְּיַ֥דin [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיַּכּ֑וּםand they defeated them

    vaiyakumH5221 →499 times

  • וַיִּירַשׁ֙and it took possession of

    vaiyirashH3423 →231 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֵ֚ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • הָאֱמֹרִ֔יthe Amorite[s]

    haemoriH567 →87 times

  • יוֹשֵׁ֖ב[who] dwelt

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • הָאָ֥רֶץof the land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַהִֽיא׃<the> that

    hahi'H1931 →1879 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

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Where this verse is studied

About Judges

Jephthah's Daughter Comes to Meet Her Father — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jephthah's Daughter Comes to Meet Her Father — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 11 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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