Study it in the app“The king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took my land when it came up from Egypt, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore return them in peace.””
The kingמֶלֶךְof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe messengersמַלְאֲכֵיof Jephthah,יִפְתָּח“BecauseכִּיIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלtookלָקַחmy landאֶת אַרְצִיwhen it came upבַּעֲלוֹתוֹfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרַיִםfrom the Arnonמֵאַרְנוֹןtoוְעַדthe Jabbokהַיַּבֹּקand toוְעַדthe Jordan;הַיַּרְדֵּןnow thereforeוְעַתָּהreturn themהָשִׁיבָה אֶתְהֶןin peace.”בְּשָׁלוֹם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malache” appearsIphtah, Jephthah
Iphtah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. It is the same name as Jephthah: "he opens."
Where else “yiftach” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakach” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsi” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsArnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appearsJabbok
Jabbok, a river that flows into the Jordan from the east. Its name sounds like "wrestle" (yeabeq).
Where else “yabok” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashiva” appearspeace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears1Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
3Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
12Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, “What is there between me and you, that you have come to me to fight in my land?”
13 · This verse (above)
14Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon,
