Judges 11:26 While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, 300 years, why did you not deliver them within that time? 27 I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me. The Lord, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.” 28 But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent to him.
One of the most wicked peoples whom God wanted driven out of the promised land were the Ammonites. They, like several other peoples decided now was the time to strike against Israel, while they were floundering in their mission to take the land. God sent a message through Jephthah to back off, but the Ammonites would not listen. Jephthah then proceeded to make a rash vow to God if He would give him the victory over them. God did. God kept his word and made Jephthah keep his. Both the king of Ammon and Jephthah needed to listen to the works coming out of his mouth.
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