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Judges 11:4

It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jephthah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Children;   Jephthah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elder;   Leadership;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Vow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bastard;   Jephthah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Burnt Offering;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jephthah;   Tob;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Gilead;   Jephthah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jephtha;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jephthah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Jephthah;   Testament;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bastard;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jephthah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some time later, the Ammonites fought against Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened after a while, that the children of `Ammon made war against Yisra'el.
King James Version
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Lexham English Bible
After a time the Ammonites made war with Israel.
English Standard Version
After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.
New Century Version
After a time the Ammonites fought against Israel.
Amplified Bible
Now it happened after a while that the Ammonites fought against Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Now it came about, after a while, that the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in processe of time the children of Ammon made warre with Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
En 'n tyd daarna het die kinders van Ammon oorlog gevoer teen Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
After a while the people of ‘Amon made war against Isra'el.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass after some time, that the children of Ammon fought with Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
After a time the Ammonites fought with the Israelites.
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass after a time, the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Good News Translation
It was some time later that the Ammonites went to war against Israel.
Literal Translation
And it happened after some time, the sons of Ammon fought with Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And after a certayne tyme foughte the children of Ammon with Israel.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Bible in Basic English
Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in processe of time, the children of Ammon made warre agaynst Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe, in processe of time, that the children of Ammon made warre against Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when the children of Ammon prepared to fight with Israel,
English Revised Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In tho daies the sones of Amon fouyten ayens Israel;
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass after awhile, that the sons of Ammon made war against Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
World English Bible
It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
New King James Version
It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.
New Living Translation
At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.
New Life Bible
The time came when the men of Ammon fought against Israel.
New Revised Standard
After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so it came to pass, after a time, - that the sons of Ammon made war with Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In those days the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Revised Standard Version
After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.
THE MESSAGE
Some time passed. And then the Ammonites started fighting Israel. With the Ammonites at war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. They said to Jephthah: "Come. Be our general and we'll fight the Ammonites."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It came about after a while that the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.

Contextual Overview

4 It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel. 5 When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob. 6 They said, "Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites." 7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?" 8 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead." 9 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader." 10 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say." 11 So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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in process of time: Heb. after days. Judges 11:4

Reciprocal: Judges 3:31 - Israel 2 Chronicles 27:5 - the king of the Ammonites

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.
Genesis 11:8
So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.
Genesis 11:9
That is why its name was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the entire world, and from there the Lord scattered them across the face of the entire earth.
Genesis 11:11
And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:13
And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 1:28
What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there."
Deuteronomy 4:27
Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
Deuteronomy 9:1
Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.
2 Samuel 8:13
David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,000 in all.
Psalms 92:9
Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord ! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in process of time,.... Some time after Jephthah had been expelled from his father's house, and he was become famous for his martial genius, and military exploits; or at the close of the eighteen years' oppression of the children of Israel by the Ammonites, or some few days after the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpeh, that the people and princes of Gilead were preparing for war with Ammon, and were thinking of a proper person to be their general:

that the children of Ammon made war against Israel; not only passed over Jordan again, and encamped in Gilead, but began to attack them in some place or another, at least threatened them with it, and made motions towards it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 11:4. The children of Ammon made war — They had invaded the land of Israel, and were now encamped in Gilead. See Judges 10:17.


 
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