Judges 10:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

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  • Judg 11:11 : 11 So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.
  • Judg 12:7 : 7 Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
  • Isa 3:1-8 : 1 For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water; 2 The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years; 3 The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers. 4 And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them. 5 And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble. 6 When one man puts his hand on another in his father's house, and says, You have clothing, be our ruler and be responsible for us in our sad condition: 7 Then he will say with an oath, I will not be a helper, for in my house there is no bread or clothing: I will not let you make me a ruler of the people. 8 For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.
  • Isa 34:12 : 12 The jackals will be there, and her great ones will be gone; they will say, There is no longer a kingdom there, and all her chiefs will have come to an end.
  • Judg 1:1 : 1 Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?
  • Judg 11:5-8 : 5 And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob; 6 And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon. 7 But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble? 8 And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.

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  • Judg 11:8-15
    8 verses
    80%

    8And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.

    9Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?

    10And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.

    11So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

    12Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?

    13And the king of the children of Ammon said to the men sent by Jephthah, Because Israel, when he came up out of Egypt, took away my land, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and as far as Jordan: so now, give me back those lands quietly.

    14And Jephthah sent again to the king of the children of Ammon,

    15And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;

  • Judg 10:17
    79%

    17Then the children of Ammon came together and put their army in position in Gilead. And the children of Israel came together and put their army in position in Mizpah.

  • Judg 11:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

    5And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;

    6And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Sam 11:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.

    2And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.

    3Then the responsible men of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days, so that we may send men to every part of Israel: and then, if no one comes to our help, we will come out to you.

  • Judg 12:1-5
    5 verses
    71%

    1Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.

    2And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.

    3So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?

    4Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim.

    5And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;

  • Judg 11:32
    71%

    32So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.

  • Judg 1:1
    71%

    1Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

  • Judg 20:18
    70%

    18And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

  • Judg 10:9
    70%

    9And the children of Ammon went over Jordan, to make war against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great trouble.

  • Judg 11:27-30
    4 verses
    69%

    27So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

    28The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.

    29Then the spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, and he went through Gilead and Manasseh, and came to Mizpeh of Gilead; and from Mizpeh of Gilead he went over to the children of Ammon.

    30And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

  • Jer 49:1
    68%

    1About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?

  • Judg 8:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

    22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

  • Josh 22:21
    68%

    21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

  • Judg 20:8-10
    3 verses
    68%

    8Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:

    9But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;

    10And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.

  • Exod 17:8
    68%

    8Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.

  • 2 Chr 28:12
    68%

    12Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, put themselves against those who had come from the war,

  • 2 Sam 10:8
    67%

    8And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

  • Judg 21:10
    67%

    10So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

  • Josh 22:15
    67%

    15And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

  • 1 Sam 11:10
    67%

    10So the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.

  • 1 Chr 19:11
    67%

    11And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

  • Deut 20:9
    67%

    9Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

  • Judg 7:1
    67%

    1Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

  • 1 Chr 19:9
    67%

    9So the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position on the way into the town; and the kings who had come were stationed by themselves in the field.

  • Judg 20:14
    67%

    14And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

  • Judg 6:33
    67%

    33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.

  • Josh 22:12
    67%

    12Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.

  • Judg 11:36
    66%

    36And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.