Verse 18

And the people{H5971} and princes{H8269} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559}{(H8799)} one{H376} to another{H7453}, What man{H376} is he that will begin{H2490}{(H8686)} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}? he shall be head{H7218} over all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Gilead{H1568}.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 11:11 : 11 Then Jephthah{H3316} went{H3212}{(H8799)} with the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568}, and the people{H5971} made{H7760}{(H8799)} him head{H7218} and captain{H7101} over them: and Jephthah{H3316} uttered{H1696}{(H8762)} all his words{H1697} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} in Mizpeh{H4709}.
  • Judg 12:7 : 7 And Jephthah{H3316} judged{H8199}{(H8799)} Israel{H3478} six{H8337} years{H8141}. Then died{H4191}{(H8799)} Jephthah{H3316} the Gileadite{H1569}, and was buried{H6912}{(H8735)} in one of the cities{H5892} of Gilead{H1568}.
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Have ye seen{H7200}{(H8804)} this man{H376} that is come up{H5927}{(H8802)}? surely to defy{H2778}{(H8763)} Israel{H3478} is he come up{H5927}{(H8802)}: and it shall be, that the man{H376} who killeth{H5221}{(H8686)} him, the king{H4428} will enrich{H6238}{(H8686)} him with great{H1419} riches{H6239}, and will give{H5414}{(H8799)} him his daughter{H1323}, and make{H6213}{(H8799)} his father's{H1} house{H1004} free{H2670} in Israel{H3478}.
  • Isa 3:1-8 : 1 For, behold, the Lord{H113}, the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, doth take away{H5493}{(H8688)} from Jerusalem{H3389} and from Judah{H3063} the stay{H4937} and the 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}{(H8802)}, and the prophet{H5030}, and the prudent{H7080}{(H8802)}, and the ancient{H2205}, 3 The captain{H8269} of fifty{H2572}, and the honourable{H5375}{(H8803)} man{H6440}, and the counsellor{H3289}{(H8802)}, and the cunning{H2450} artificer{H2791}, and the eloquent{H995}{(H8737)} orator{H3908}. 4 And I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} children{H5288} to be their princes{H8269}, and babes{H8586} shall rule{H4910}{(H8799)} over them. 5 And the people{H5971} shall be oppressed{H5065}{(H8738)}, every one{H376} by another{H376}, and every one{H376} by his neighbour{H7453}: the child{H5288} shall behave himself proudly{H7292}{(H8799)} against the ancient{H2205}, and the base{H7034}{(H8737)} against the honourable{H3513}{(H8737)}. 6 When a man{H376} shall take hold{H8610}{(H8799)} of his brother{H251} of 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 swear{H5375}{(H8799)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, I will not be an healer{H2280}{(H8802)}; for in my house{H1004} is neither bread{H3899} nor clothing{H8071}: make{H7760}{(H8799)} me not a ruler{H7101} of the people{H5971}. 8 For Jerusalem{H3389} is ruined{H3782}{(H8804)}, and Judah{H3063} is fallen{H5307}{(H8804)}: because their tongue{H3956} and their doings{H4611} are against the LORD{H3068}, to provoke{H4784}{(H8687)} the eyes{H5869} of his glory{H3519}.
  • Isa 34:12 : 12 They shall call{H7121}{(H8799)} the nobles{H2715} thereof to the kingdom{H4410}, but none shall be there, and all her princes{H8269} shall be nothing{H657}.
  • Judg 1:1 : 1 Now after{H310} the death{H4194} of Joshua{H3091} it came to pass, that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} asked{H7592}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Who shall go up{H5927}{(H8799)} for us against the Canaanites{H3669} first{H8462}, to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against them?
  • Judg 11:5-8 : 5 And it was so, that when the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} made war{H3898}{(H8738)} against Israel{H3478}, the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568} went{H3212}{(H8799)} to fetch{H3947}{(H8800)} Jephthah{H3316} out of the land{H776} of Tob{H2897}: 6 And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jephthah{H3316}, Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and be our captain{H7101}, that we may fight{H3898}{(H8735)} with the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}. 7 And Jephthah{H3316} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568}, Did not ye hate{H8130}{(H8804)} me, and expel{H1644}{(H8762)} me out of my father's{H1} house{H1004}? and why are ye come{H935}{(H8804)} unto me now when ye are in distress{H6887}{(H8804)}? 8 And the elders{H2205} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Jephthah{H3316}, Therefore we turn again{H7725}{(H8804)} to thee now, that thou mayest go{H1980}{(H8804)} with us, and fight{H3898}{(H8738)} against the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, and be our head{H7218} over all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Gilead{H1568}.