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

2And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.” 3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him. Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel 5and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”

Judges 11:4 word by word

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

• Some time laterהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• Some time laterיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• when the Ammonitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• when the Ammonitesעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• foughtלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• againstעִם‛im · withH5973
• 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