Judges 11:4

Judges 11:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)Some time later, when the Ammonites were fighting against Israel,
• English Standard Version (ESV)After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.

Context of Judges 11:4

2Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.” 3Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless and unprincipled men gathered around Jephthah, and went out [on raids] with him. Now it happened after a while that the Ammonites fought against Israel. 5When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob; 6and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, so that we may fight against the Ammonites.”

Judges 11:4 word by word

וַיְהִ֖י מִיָּמִ֑ים וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֖וֹן עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass in process of timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• made warלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Commentaries on Judges 11:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The children of Ammon made war - They had invaded the land of Israel, and were now encamped in Gilead. See Judges 10:17.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Ammonites fought: See Judges 10:17.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-114. in process of time--on the return of the season. the children of Ammon made war against Israel--Having prepared the way by the introduction of Jephthah, the sacred historian here resumes the thread of his narrative from Jud 10:17. The Ammonites seem to have invaded the country, and active hostilities were inevitable.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Ammon
• Israel
• Bastard
• Fight
• Inherit
• Jephthah
• Meet
• Abdon (1)
• Israel, History of
• Israel, Religion of

Commentaries on Judges 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary