Judg 12:3, 1Sa 28:21, Job 13:14 | JFB | STEP | 3. when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands —A common form of speech in the East for undertaking a duty of imminent peril. This Jephthah had done, having encountered and routed the Ammonites with the aid of his Gileadite volunteers alone; and since the Lord had enabled him to conquer without requiring assistance from any other tribe, why should the Ephraimites take offense? They ought rather to have been delighted and thankful that the war had terminated without their incurring any labor and danger. . DISCERNED BY THE WORD SIBBOLETH, ARE SLAIN BY THE GILEADITES.

Judges 12:3

3. when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands—A common form of speech in the East for undertaking a duty of imminent peril. This Jephthah had done, having encountered and routed the Ammonites with the aid of his Gileadite volunteers alone; and since the Lord had enabled him to conquer without requiring assistance from any other tribe, why should the Ephraimites take offense? They ought rather to have been delighted and thankful that the war had terminated without their incurring any labor and danger.

Jud 12:4-15. DISCERNED BY THE WORD SIBBOLETH, ARE SLAIN BY THE GILEADITES.

1 Samuel 28:21

Job 13:14

14. A proverb for, "Why should I anxiously desire to save my life?" [EICHORN]. The image in the first clause is that of a wild beast, which in order to preserve his prey, carries it in his teeth. That in the second refers to men who hold in the hand what they want to keep secure.