And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
Jephthah's sending of messengers to the Ammonite king stands within the larger account of Jephthah as the deliverer divinely raised up for Israel. God set him apart for this office of rescue at a time when the nation needed liberation from foreign domination. His appointed mission was to wage war against Ammon and shatter its power after Israel had endured eighteen years of Ammonite oppression.
Jephthah's sending of messengers to the Ammonite king stands within the larger account of Jephthah as the deliverer divinely raised up for Israel. God set him apart for this office of rescue at a time when the nation needed liberation from foreign domination. His appointed mission was to wage war against Ammon and shatter its power after Israel had endured eighteen years of Ammonite oppression.