THEOSISJudges 11:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name: What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to waste my land?
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יִפְתָּח֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּ֖וֹן לֵאמֹ֑ר מַה־לִּ֣י וָלָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־בָ֥אתָ אֵלַ֖י לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם בְּאַרְצִֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 2:26So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Cademoth to Sehon the king of Hesebon with peaceable words, saying:
- Matt 18:15But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.
- Matt 18:16And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.
- Prov 25:8The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.
- Prov 25:9Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:
- Deut 20:10If at any time thou come to fight against a city, thou shalt first offer it peace.
- Deut 20:11If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein, shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute.
- Num 20:14In the mean time Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the labour that hath come upon us: