Judges 12:3
“And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when I saw that ye delivered me not,.... Gave him no assistance against their common enemy, did not attempt to save…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I put my life in my hands - Compare 1Sa 19:5; 1Sa 28:21. The phrase expresses the utmost possible risk, knowingly…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 12:1-7
Here Is, I. The unreasonable displeasure of the men of Ephraim against Jephthah, because he had not called them in to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
that thou wast not going to save me Or omit thou, and render that there was none to save, LXX. cod. A, Luc. Cf. Isa…
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