SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:13
Y el rey de los amonitas respondió a los embajadores de Jefté: Por cuanto Israel tomó mi tierra, cuando subió de Egipto, desde Arnón hasta Jaboc y el Jordán; por tanto, devuélvela ahora en paz.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 11:13
Verse 13. From Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan] That is, all the land that had formerly belonged to the Amorites, and to the Moabites, who it seems were confederates on this occasion.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah , etc.] Who this king of Ammon was is not said, however he returned an answer to Jephthah’s messengers, which they brought to him, and it was to this purpose; that the reason of his invading the land, and bringing war into it, was, because Israel took away my land when they came out of Egypt ; not as soon as they came out of Egypt, for it was thirty nine years afterwards, and upwards, even a little before they entered into the land of Canaan; and the land they took was not theirs, but in the possession of Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites; though indeed, before their conquest of it, it had been in the hands of the Moabites and Ammonites, and who being confederates, or subjects of the same king, is here claimed by the king of the children of Ammon: from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan ; the river Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites, and the river Jabbok was the border of the children of Ammon, ( Numbers 21:13,24), the one was to the south of the country claimed, and the other to the north and to the west, which was Jordan, and the wilderness to the east, ( Judges 11:22), now therefore restore these lands again peaceably ; this is demanded or proposed as terms or conditions of peace, and what would prevent a war, and nothing short of this would do it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-28 - One instance of the honour and respect we owe to God, as our God, is rightly to employ what he gives us to possess. Receive it from him, us it for him, and part with it when he calls for it. The whole of thi message shows that Jephthah was well acquainted with the books of Moses. His argument was clear, and his demand reasonable. Those wh possess the most courageous faith, will be the most disposed for peace and the readiest to make advances to obtain; but rapacity and ambitio often cloak their designs under a plea of equity, and render peacefu endeavours of no avail.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 מלך 4428 בני 1121 עמון 5983 אל 413 מלאכי 4397 יפתח 3316 כי 3588 לקח 3947 ישׂראל 3478 את 853 ארצי 776 בעלותו 5927 ממצרים 4714 מארנון 769 ועד 5704 היבק 2999 ועד 5704 הירדן 3383 ועתה 6258 השׁיבה 7725 אתהן 853 בשׁלום׃ 7965
