Text: Judges 11:15
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 2:36
Subject: historical precedent
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jephthah's argument cites Deuteronomy 2:36, which specifies the precise territorial extent of Israel's victory over Sihon: "From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon." The detailed boundary markers (עֲרֹעֵר, Aroer; נַחַל אַרְנוֹן, nachal Arnon) demonstrate that Israel's holdings were precisely those of the defeated Amorite king, not Ammonite territory. By invoking these specific geographical details from the Mosaic record, Jephthah builds a forensic case that Israel's borders follow the contours of divine grant, not arbitrary conquest.
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Text: Deuteronomy 2:36
OT Text Referred to: Judges 11:15
Subject: territorial claims
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 2:36 details the extent of Israel's conquest from "Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley" (עֲרוֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל שְׂפַת נַחַל אַרְנֹן, 'Aro'er 'asher 'al sefat nachal 'Arnon) through Gilead—all territory taken from Sihon by divine gift. Jephthah references these same geographic boundaries in Judges 11 when disputing Ammon's claims, arguing that Israel has occupied this specific territory for three hundred years. The geographic precision of the Deuteronomic record—Aroer, Arnon Valley, Gilead—provides Jephthah with concrete legal evidence that these lands were conquered from the Amorites, not seized from Ammon, reinforcing that "the LORD God of Israel drove out the Amorites" on Israel's behalf.