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Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
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The Balak Precedent
Commentators agree that Jephthah's core argument is a powerful historical precedent. He points out that Balak, the king of Moab at the time of the conquest, never disputed Israel's right to the land they took from the Amorites. If the king who was actually there didn't contest it, the current king of Ammon has no legitimate claim centuries later.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law (Deuteronomy 31:26) was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s…
19th Century
Anglican
Are you anything better than Balak? —Literally, Are you the good, good in comparison with? It is one of the Hebrew ways o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zipporking of Moab ?&c.] This a…
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