Verse 18

And the people,{H5971} the princes{H8269} of Gilead,{H1568} said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H7453} What man{H376} is he that will begin{H2490} to fight{H3898} against the children{H1121} of Ammon?{H5983} he shall be head{H7218} over all the inhabitants{H3427} of Gilead.{H1568}

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 11:11 : 11 Then Jephthah{H3316} went{H3212} with the elders{H2205} of Gilead,{H1568} and the people{H5971} made{H7760} him head{H7218} and chief{H7101} over them: and Jephthah{H3316} spake{H1696} all his words{H1697} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} in Mizpah.{H4709}
  • Judg 12:7 : 7 And Jephthah{H3316} judged{H8199} Israel{H3478} six{H8337} years.{H8141} Then died{H4191} Jephthah{H3316} the Gileadite,{H1569} and was buried{H6912} in [one of] the cities{H5892} of Gilead.{H1568}
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} Have ye seen{H7200} this man{H376} that is come up?{H5927} surely to defy{H2778} Israel{H3478} is he come up:{H5927} and it shall be, that the man{H376} who killeth{H5221} him, the king{H4428} will enrich{H6238} him with great{H1419} riches,{H6239} and will give{H5414} him his daughter,{H1323} and make{H6213} his father's{H1} house{H1004} free{H2670} in Israel.{H3478}
  • Isa 3:1-8 : 1 For, behold, the Lord,{H113} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} doth take away{H5493} from Jerusalem{H3389} and from Judah{H3063} stay{H4937} and staff,{H4938} the whole stay{H4937} of bread,{H3899} and the whole{H3605} stay{H4937} of water;{H4325} 2 the mighty man,{H1368} and the man{H376} of war;{H4421} the judge,{H8199} and the prophet,{H5030} and the diviner,{H7080} and the elder;{H2205} 3 the captain{H8269} of fifty,{H2572} and the honorable{H5375} man,{H6440} and the counsellor,{H3289} and the expert{H2450} artificer,{H2791} and the skilful{H2450} enchanter.{H3908} 4 And I will give{H5414} children{H5288} to be their princes,{H8269} and babes{H8586} shall rule{H4910} over them. 5 And the people{H5971} shall be oppressed,{H5065} every one{H376} by another,{H376} and every one{H376} by his neighbor:{H7453} the child{H5288} shall behave himself proudly{H7292} against the old{H2205} man, and the base{H7034} against the honorable.{H3513} 6 When a man{H376} shall take hold{H8610} of his brother{H251} in the house{H1004} of his father,{H1} [saying], Thou hast clothing,{H8071} be thou our ruler,{H7101} and let this ruin{H4384} be under thy hand;{H3027} 7 in that day{H3117} shall he lift up{H5375} [his voice], saying,{H559} I will not be a healer;{H2280} for in my house{H1004} is neither bread{H3899} nor clothing:{H8071} ye shall not make{H7760} me ruler{H7101} of the people.{H5971} 8 For Jerusalem{H3389} is ruined,{H3782} and Judah{H3063} is fallen;{H5307} because their tongue{H3956} and their doings{H4611} are against Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke{H4784} the eyes{H5869} of his glory.{H3519}
  • Isa 34:12 : 12 They shall call{H7121} the nobles{H2715} thereof to the kingdom,{H4410} but none shall be there; and all its princes{H8269} shall be nothing.{H657}
  • Judg 1:1 : 1 And it came to pass after{H310} the death{H4194} of Joshua,{H3091} that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} asked{H7592} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Who shall go up{H5927} for us first{H8462} against the Canaanites,{H3669} to fight{H3898} against them?
  • Judg 11:5-8 : 5 And it was so, that, when the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} made war{H3898} against Israel,{H3478} the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568} went{H3212} to fetch{H3947} Jephthah{H3316} out of the land{H776} of Tob;{H2897} 6 and they said{H559} unto Jephthah,{H3316} Come{H3212} and be our chief,{H7101} that we may fight{H3898} with the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 7 And Jephthah{H3316} said{H559} unto the elders{H2205} of Gilead,{H1568} Did not ye hate{H8130} me, and drive{H1644} me out of my father's{H1} house?{H1004} and why are ye come{H935} unto me now when ye are in distress?{H6887} 8 And the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559} unto Jephthah,{H3316} Therefore are we turned again{H7725} to thee now, that thou mayest go{H1980} with us, and fight{H3898} with the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} and thou shalt be our head{H7218} over all the inhabitants{H3427} of Gilead.{H1568}