Geneva Bible Notes: Judges 11

Judges 11:1 (/) Or, vitailer.

Judges 11:1 (/) Ebr. a man of mightie force.

Judges 11:1 (!) Iphtah being chased by his brethren, was after made captaine.

Judges 11:1 (/) Ebr. man of mightie force.

Judges 11:1 (/) Or, vitailer.

Judges 11:2 (a) That is, of an harlot as {ver. 1}.

Judges 11:2 (a) That is, of an harlot, as {ver. 1}.

Judges 11:3 (c) Joyned with him as some thinke, against his brethren.

Judges 11:3 (b) Where the gouernour of the countrey was called Tob.

Judges 11:3 (b) Where the gouernour of the countrey was called Tob.

Judges 11:3 (c) Joyned with him, as some thinke, against his brethren.

Judges 11:5 (d) Or, ambassadors, sent for that purpose.

Judges 11:5 (d) Or, ambassadours,sent for that purpose.

Judges 11:6 (e) Men oft times are constrained to desire helpe of them, whome before they haue refused.

Judges 11:6 (e) Men of times are constrained to desire helpe of them, whome before they haue refused.

Judges 11:7 (f) Oft tymes, those things, which men reject, God choseth to do great enterprises by.

Judges 11:10 (/) Ebr. be the bearer.

Judges 11:13 (/) Ebr, in peace.

Judges 11:19 (/) Or, countrey

Judges 11:20 (g) He trusted them not to go through his countrey.

Judges 11:24 (h) For we oght more to beleue and obey God, then thou thine idoles.

Judges 11:26 (i) Meaning, their to wines.

Judges 11:27 (k) To punishe the offender.

Judges 11:29 (l) That is, the spirit of strength and zeale.

Judges 11:30 (!) He maketh a rashe vowe.

Judges 11:30 (m) As the Apostie commendeth Iphtah for his worthy enterprise in deliuering the people, Ebr. 11, 32, so by his rashe vowe & wicked performance of the same, his victorie was defated: and here we se that the sinnes of the godly do not vtterly extinguisa their faith.

Judges 11:32 (!) He vanquisheth the Ammonites.

Judges 11:33 (/) Or, the plaine.

Judges 11:34 (n) According to the maner after the victorie.

Judges 11:35 (o) Being ouercome with blinde zeale, and not considering whether the vowe was lauful or no.

Judges 11:37 (p) For it was counted as a shame in Israel to dye without children, and therefore they rejoyced to be maryed.

Judges 11:39 (!) And sacrificeth his daughter according to his vowe.