Judges 11

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

  • 11:7 But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Was it not you who hated me and drove me out of my father's house? Why come to me now, when you are in trouble?" 1
  • 11:21 Then the LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his forces into Israel's power, and Israel defeated them and took possession of the whole land of the Amorites who lived in that region. 1
  • 11:30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD: "If you will truly hand the Ammonites over to me, 1
  • 11:31 then whoever or whatever comes out through the doors of my house to meet me as I come home safe from the Ammonites will be the LORD's, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering." 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Judges 11: 7

    …out of doors hated him, therefore they laboured to shut him out of his father’s house. Judges 11: 7. The idolater shuts the truth out of doors; he blots out the second commandment; he makes…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.3 The Third Commandment cites Judges 11: 31

    …to the Lord to sacrifice that to him which he met with next, and it was his daughter. Judges 11: 31. He did ill to make the vow, and worse to keep it; he became guilty of the breach of the…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Judges 11: 21

    …Benjamin. When the iniquity of the Amorites was full, he sent Israel to war against them. Judges 11: 21. Use one. It should be for a lamentation that this land is defiled with blood. Numb 35…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 13 — Of Vows cites Judges 11:30

    …Thus Jephthah suffered for his folly, when with precipitate fervour he made a rash vow (Judges 11:30). Of this class, the first place of insane audacity belongs to celibacy. Priests, monks…