I put my life in my hands - Compare 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21. The phrase expresses the utmost possible risk, kn…

I put my life in my hands. —Rather, in the hollow of my hand (caph). (For this phrase, see Psalm 119:109; [Reference Job…

And when I saw that you delivered me not
Gave him no assistance against their common enemy, did not attempt to save …

The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is wro…