Judges 12:5
“And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites,.... Being either swifter of foot, or going a…
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
took the fords Cf. Jdg 3:28; Jdg 7:24. Render against(dat. incommodi) rather than toward(marg.) in these passages.