THEOSISJudges 11:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:
וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁר־נִלְחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֖וֹן עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד לָקַ֥חַת אֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח מֵאֶ֥רֶץ טֽוֹב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 11:12And the people said to Samuel: Who is he that said: Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men, and we will kill them.
- 1 Cor 1:27But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong.
- 1 Cor 1:29That no flesh should glory in his sight.
- Ps 118 (117):22
- Ps 118 (117):23
- Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? Him God sent to be prince and redeemer, by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush.
- Acts 7:39Whom our fathers would not obey: but thrust him away and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,
- Judg 10:17And the children of Ammon shouting together, pitched their tents in Galaad: against whom the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and camped in Maspha.