Judges 11:16

Translations

Modern

But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Traditional

But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

Literal

For in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

Latin

…sed quando de Ægypto conscenderunt, ambulavit per solitudinem usque ad mare Rubrum, et venit in Cades.

Original

Hebrew

English

But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Notes

Judges 11:12–28

Jephthah first tried to solve the issue through diplomacy instead of using military force (compare Deuteronomy 20:10–11).
Unlike the nomadic and raiding Midianites from Gideon's time, the Ammonites were a settled tribe. Their land was east of Israel's territory in Transjordan (east of the Jordan River), with Rabbah as their capital. The Ammonites, like the Moabites (both who were descended from Lot) and the Edomites (descendants of Esau), were to be left alone because the Lord assigned their territories to them (Deuteronomy 2:16–23).
Contrary to the Ammonite king's claim, the Amorites, not the Ammonites or Moabites, lived between the Arnon and Jabbok rivers during the conquest. When Sihon refused to let Israel pass, the Lord gave the land of the Amorite kings Sihon and Og to Israel. The Ammonite king had no valid reason to argue with Israel.

Theme notes and profiles

Moab and Ammon The Exodus as History

Events

Deliverance by Jephthah

Related verses

Numbers 14:25
Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Deuteronomy 1:40
But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Numbers 13:26
…and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 20:1
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Deuteronomy 1:46
For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
Joshua 5:6
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus Kadesh: An important oasis in the Wilderness of Zin Red Sea: Sea crossed by Israelites in the Exodus

Glossary

Ammon, Ammonites Family Life and Relations Gilead (Place) Judges, Book of Mizpah Palestine

Topics

Ambassadors: Israelites to Various Nations Diplomacy of Jephthah, with the King of Moab, Unsuccessful Jephthah: His Message to the King of the Ammonites Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin Prayer: Answered: Ammon Red Sea: Israelites Cross; Pharaoh and his Army Drowned In The Ammonites: Jephthah Raised up to Deliver Israel From

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