Ammon’s Answer and Jephthah’s Reply

As was said, Jephthah is right to wage war with the Ammonites was implicit only in his divine calling. He therefore must wait withdrawing his sword until God raised him up; until God's Spirit raised him up. And Jephthah did wait for the unction of the Spirit; but in the meantime he could request the Ammonites to justify, if they were able, their invasion of God's country. He did so. The question he put to the king of Ammon was pertinent. "What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against...