Judges 11:12-14 - What do you have against me

11:12,13

Jephthah does not start by making an attack on the Ammonite, instead he begins by taking a diplomatic approach by sending messengers to the Ammonite king and asking why they are attacking Israel. The Ammonite king replies by saying that Israel had stolen the land after they came out of Egypt, and demanded that they give it back.

11:14

Jephthah then gives a lengthy response countering what the Ammonite king has claimed. There is a superficial plausibility to the king’s claim. Just as there is a superficial plausibility to the claims of Palestinians that Israel has no right to exist. WIth regard to the latter, Israel was established by the UN, so even if all we look at is recent history their claims are dodgy, but history goes much further back than that.