Judges 11:19 meaning and explanation
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
Judges 11:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Jephthah, newly made leader of Gilead, is answering the Ammonite king's claim to Israelite land by retelling the exodus story. Here he recalls how Israel, refused passage by Edom and Moab, sent a polite request to Sihon, the Amorite king ruling from Heshbon, asking only to pass through on the way to its own place.
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