Bible verse
But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
Judges 11:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from Judges 11.
24 Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
25 Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
26 For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
27 I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
28 But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
30 Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
31 then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
32 So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
KJV
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
ASV
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
ERV
Howbeit the king of the children Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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