Matthew Poole and continuators on Judges 11:12
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Judges11:12
12 ¶ And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me , that thou art come against me, to fight in my land ?
i. e. Ambassadors, to prevent Blood-shed, and make Peace; as far as in him lay; that so the Israelites might be acquitted before God and men from all the sad consequences of this War; Herein he shewed great Prudence, and no less Piety.
What pretence, or reasonable cause hast thou for this Invasion?
He speaks this in the Name of all the People, whose the Land was.
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