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13 The king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, “We’re here[a] because Israel took away my land from the Arnon River as far as the Jabbok River and as far as the Jordan River when they came up from Egypt! So restore it as a gesture of good will.”[b]

14 But Jephthah sent additional messengers again to the king of the Ammonites 15 and they informed him, “This is Jephthah’s response:

‘Israel didn’t seize the land of Moab nor the land of the Ammonites.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:13 The Heb. lacks We’re here
  2. Judges 11:13 Lit. restore them in peace