Judges 10:18

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The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, 'Who is the man who will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He shall be the leader for all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

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  • Judg 11:11 : 11 So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their head and commander. Jephthah repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
  • Judg 12:7 : 7 Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in the towns of Gilead.
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 The Israelites said, 'Have you seen this man who comes out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him; he will also give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his family from taxes in Israel.'
  • Isa 3:1-8 : 1 See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water. 2 The mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder. 3 The captain of fifty and the honored man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter. 4 I will make boys their leaders, and immature children will rule over them. 5 The people will oppress one another—man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will act arrogantly toward the elderly, and the dishonored against the honored. 6 A man will seize his brother in his father’s house, saying, 'You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this ruin!' 7 But he will say in that day, ‘I will not be a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not appoint me as the ruler of the people.’ 8 For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and actions are against the LORD, challenging His glorious presence.
  • Isa 34:12 : 12 Its nobles will have no one there to call them a kingdom, and all its princes will come to nothing.
  • Judg 1:1 : 1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Who will go up first for us to fight against the Canaanites?"
  • Judg 11:5-8 : 5 When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6 They said to Jephthah, 'Come and be our leader so we can fight against the Ammonites.' 7 But Jephthah said to them, 'Didn’t you hate me and drive me out of my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?' 8 The elders of Gilead replied, 'That is why we have now turned to you. Come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

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  • Judg 11:8-15
    8 verses
    80%

    8The elders of Gilead replied, 'That is why we have now turned to you. Come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

    9Jephthah answered, 'If you bring me back to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them to me, will I really become your head?'

    10The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, 'The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.'

    11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their head and commander. Jephthah repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.

    12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, asking, 'What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?'

    13The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, 'When Israel came out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and as far as the Jordan. Now return it peacefully.'

    14Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites,

    15Jephthah said to him, 'This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.'

  • Judg 10:17
    79%

    17The Ammonites were called together and encamped in Gilead, while the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

  • Judg 11:4-6
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    77%

    4After some time, the Ammonites made war against Israel.

    5When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

    6They said to Jephthah, 'Come and be our leader so we can fight against the Ammonites.'

  • 1 Sam 11:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you."

    2Nahash the Ammonite answered them, "On this condition I will make a treaty with you: by gouging out everyone's right eye, bringing disgrace on all Israel."

    3The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel. If no one comes to save us, we will surrender to you."

  • Judg 12:1-5
    5 verses
    71%

    1The men of Ephraim were called together, crossed northward, and said to Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight against the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on top of you in fire!"

    2Jephthah replied to them, "I and my people were in a serious struggle with the Ammonites. I called for your help, but you did not save me from their hands.

    3"When I saw that you would not help, I risked my own life and crossed over to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why have you come to fight against me today?"

    4Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim because they had said, "You Gileadites are deserters from Ephraim and Manasseh."

    5The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to cross over, they would say, "Let me cross over." The men of Gilead would respond, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"

  • Judg 11:32
    71%

    32Then Jephthah crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into his hands.

  • Judg 1:1
    71%

    1After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Who will go up first for us to fight against the Canaanites?"

  • Judg 20:18
    70%

    18The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjaminites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."

  • Judg 10:9
    70%

    9The Ammonites also crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was greatly distressed.

  • Judg 11:27-30
    4 verses
    69%

    27I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.

    28But the king of the Ammonites would not listen to the message Jephthah sent to him.

    29Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and he went on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

    30And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: 'If you give the Ammonites into my hands,

  • Jer 49:1
    68%

    1Concerning the children of Ammon, this is what the LORD says: Does Israel have no sons? Does he have no heir? Why then has their king taken possession of Gad, and why do his people dwell in its cities?

  • Judg 8:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

    22The Israelites said to Gideon, 'Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.'

  • Josh 22:21
    68%

    21Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

  • Judg 20:8-10
    3 verses
    68%

    8All the people stood together as one and said, "None of us will go to his tent or turn back to his house.

    9This is what we will do to Gibeah: We will decide by casting lots.

    10We will take ten men out of every hundred, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand across all the tribes of Israel. They will gather provisions for the army, so we can act against Gibeah in Benjamin for their disgraceful act in Israel.

  • Exod 17:8
    68%

    8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

  • 2 Chr 28:12
    68%

    12Then some of the leaders of Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Hezekiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood up against those returning from the battle.

  • 2 Sam 10:8
    67%

    8The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob, along with the men of Tob and Maacah, were stationed by themselves in the open field.

  • Judg 21:10
    67%

    10So the assembly sent twelve thousand armed men with the command, 'Go and strike down the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the sword, including the women and children.'

  • Josh 22:15
    67%

    15When they came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them, saying:

  • 1 Sam 11:10
    67%

    10The men of Jabesh then said, "Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever seems good to you."

  • 1 Chr 19:11
    67%

    11He placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, and they arranged to confront the Ammonites.

  • Deut 20:9
    67%

    9When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders to lead the armies at the head of the troops.

  • Judg 7:1
    67%

    1Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people with him set up camp beside the spring of Harod. Meanwhile, the camp of Midian was to the north of them, by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

  • 1 Chr 19:9
    67%

    9The Ammonites came out and lined up for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open field.

  • Judg 20:14
    67%

    14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

  • Judg 6:33
    67%

    33Now all the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east joined forces, crossed the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

  • Josh 22:12
    67%

    12When the Israelites heard this, the whole assembly gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

  • Judg 11:36
    66%

    36She said to him, 'My father, you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, since the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.'