Jephthah Rejects Ammonite Claims

¹² Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, asking, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight me in my land?”

¹⁹ You have said, ‘Look, I^[a] have defeated Edom,’ and you have become overconfident^[b](A) that you will get glory. Now stay at home. Why stir up such trouble so that you fall and Judah with you?”