Judges 12:5 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him. “Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?” they would ask. If the man said, “No, I’m not,”

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Took the passages of Jordan. —Only through these fords could the Ephraimites escape to their own tribe. ([Reference Judge…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites Being either swifter of f…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…