Judges 11:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 10:18 : 18 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.
  • 1 Kgs 13:6 : 6 Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.
  • Luke 17:3-4 : 3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness. 4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.
  • Exod 8:8 : 8 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Make prayer to the Lord that he will take away these frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go and make their offering to the Lord.
  • Exod 8:28 : 28 Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make prayer for me.
  • Exod 9:28 : 28 Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.
  • Exod 10:17 : 17 Let me now have forgiveness for my sin this time only, and make prayer to the Lord your God that he will take away from me this death only.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Judg 11:9-15
    7 verses
    91%

    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 11:1-7
    7 verses
    89%

    1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.

    2And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

    3So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

    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.

    7But 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?

  • Judg 10:17-18
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

    18And 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.

  • Judg 12:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    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 11:27-32
    6 verses
    77%

    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,

    31Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.

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

  • Judg 8:22
    73%

    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 9:11
    72%

    11So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

  • 1 Sam 11:1
    72%

    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.

  • Judg 1:1-2
    2 verses
    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?

    2And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

  • 1 Sam 8:20
    71%

    20So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.

  • 1 Sam 11:3
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 12:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.

    12And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.

  • Judg 8:1
    69%

    1And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

  • Deut 1:41
    69%

    41Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

  • Josh 22:15
    69%

    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,

  • Josh 10:4
    69%

    4Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.

  • Judg 12:7
    69%

    7Now 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.

  • Deut 1:14
    69%

    14And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

  • Judg 20:9
    69%

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

  • Judg 20:18
    69%

    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.

  • Deut 3:1
    69%

    1Then turning we took the road to Bashan: and Og, king of Bashan, came out against us with all his people, and made an attack on us at Edrei.

  • 1 Sam 11:10
    68%

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

  • Ps 108:8
    68%

    8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

  • Judg 6:33
    68%

    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.