Hakim-hakim 11:11

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Maka Yefta ikut dengan para tua-tua Gilead, lalu bangsa itu mengangkat dia menjadi kepala dan panglima mereka. Tetapi Yefta membawa seluruh perkaranya itu ke hadapan TUHAN, di Mizpa.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Maka Yefta ikut dengan para tua-tua Gilead, lalu bangsa itu mengangkat dia menjadi kepala dan panglima mereka. Tetapi Yefta membawa seluruh perkaranya itu ke hadapan TUHAN, di Mizpa.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Hata, maka pergilah Yefta dengan segala tua-tua Gilead, lalu dijadikan orang banyak itu akan dia penghulu atas dirinya, dan Yeftapun berjanjilah di hadapan hadirat Tuhan di Mizpa.

Contextual Overview

⁴ And in processe of time, the children of Ammon made warre agaynst Israel. ⁵ And when the children of Ammon fought thus agaynst Israel, the elders of Gilead went to set Iephthah out of the lande of Tob, ⁶ And sayde vnto him: Come, and be our captayne, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. ⁷ Iephthah aunswered the elders of Gilead: Dyd not ye hate me, & expell me out of my fathers house? howe then come you vnto me nowe in time of your tribulation? ⁸ And the elders of Gilead sayde vnto Iephthah: Therfore we turne agayne to thee nowe, that thou mayest go with vs, & fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head ouer all the inhabitauntes of Gilead. ⁹ And Iephthah sayde vnto the elders of Gilead: If ye bring me home againe to fight against the children of Ammon, then yf the Lorde deliuer them before me, shall I be your head? ¹⁰ And the elders of Gilead sayd to Iephthah: The Lorde be witnesse betweene vs, if we do not according to thy wordes. ¹¹ Then Iephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and ye people made hym head & captayne ouer them: And Iephthah rehearsed al his wordes before the Lorde in Mispah.

Bible Verse Review
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head: Judges 11:8

uttered: 1 Samuel 23:9-12, 1 Kings 3:7-9, 2 Corinthians 3:5, James 1:5, James 1:17

Jephthah uttered: That is, upon his elevation, he immediately retired to his devotion, and in prayer spread the whole matter before God, both his choice to the office, and his execution of the office, as one that had his eye ever toward the Lord, and would do nothing without him; that leaned not to his own understanding or courage, but depended on the Almighty God, and his favour. This is an ensample worthy of universal imitation; in All Our Ways, whether great or apparently subordinate, let us acknowledge God and seek his direction. So shall we make our way prosperous, and obtain that peace which passeth all understanding. Jephthah opened his campaign with prayer.

before: Judges 10:17, Judges 20:1, 1 Samuel 10:17, 1 Samuel 11:15

Mizpeh: This Mizpeh was east of Jordan in the mountains of Gilead - Genesis 31:49,and hence called Mizpeh of Gilead - Judges 11:29,to distinguish it from another place of the same name, west of Jordan, in the tribe of Judah. Joshua 15:38

Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - vow a vow Joshua 13:26 - Ramathmizpeh Judges 10:18 - he shall be Judges 11:34 - Mizpeh 1 Samuel 8:21 - he rehearsed 2 Samuel 5:3 - before 1 Chronicles 11:3 - before

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.

Genesis 9:7
But be fruitefull, and multiplie you, breede in the earth, and increase therein.

Genesis 11:3
And one sayd to another: Come, let vs prepare brycke, and burne them in the fire. And they had brycke for stones, and slyme had they in steade of morter.

Genesis 11:4
And they sayd: Go to, let vs buylde vs a citie and a towre, whose toppe may reache vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest peraduenture we be scattered abrode into the vpper face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:32
And the dayes of Tarah, were two hundreth and fiue yeres, and Tarah died in Haran.

Psalms 144:12
That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes: that our daughters may be as corners [stones] grauen after the fashion as a palace is.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Israel,.... From the land of Tob into the land of Gilead, his native country:

and the people made him head and captain over them; ratified and confirmed what the elders had promised, and by a general unanimous vote appointed him both to be the captain of their forces, and to be the chief ruler and governor of them. And this they did, though he was the son of an harlot; and according to the law in Deuteronomy 23:2, such an one was not to be a civil magistrate; but this was a case of necessity, and in which, no doubt, they were directed by the Lord, who could dispense with his own law: besides, they had come to such an agreement before they had pitched on any particular person, that who should begin to fight with the children of Ammon should be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead so that they were obliged to it by their vote and decree, when they assembled at Mizpeh, where it is probable they consulted the Lord, and acted under his direction, Judges 10:17 and where this was confirmed, as seems from the following clause:

and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh; where the congregation of Israel were assembled, and in which the Shechinah, or divine Majesty, dwelt, as is observed by Jarchi and Kimchi, and not Mizpeh in Joshua 11:3, as the latter says, but this was on the other side Jordan, in the land of Gilead; however, as it was a solemn meeting, the Lord was there, and, as in his presence, Jephthah rehearsed all that passed between him and the elders of Gilead; and, no doubt, in prayer to God, desired he would signify his approbation and ratification of their agreement, and would give him success in his undertakings against the children of Ammon.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh - This phrase designates the presence of the tabernacle, or the ark, or of the high priest with Urim and Thummim Judges 20:26; Judges 21:2; Jos 18:8; 1 Samuel 21:7. The high priest waited upon Jephthah with the ephod, and possibly the ark, at his own house (see Judges 20:18 here). A trace of Jephthah’s claim to unite all Israel under his dominion is found in Judges 12:2, and breathes through his whole message to the king of the Ammonites. See Judges 11:12, Judges 11:15, Judges 11:23, Judges 11:27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 11:11. Jepthah went with the elders — The elders had chosen him for their head; but, to be valid, this choice must be confirmed by the people; therefore, it is said, the people made him head. But even this did not complete the business; God must be brought in as a party to this transaction; and therefore Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord - the terms made with the elders and the people on which he had accepted the command of the army; and, being sure of the Divine approbation, he entered on the work with confidence.