Text: Judges 11:15-27
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 2:24
Subject: Jephthah's appeal to divine authorization against Sihon
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jephthah's extended argument in Judges 11:15-27 references God's command in Deuteronomy 2:24 to engage Sihon king of Heshbon and begin taking possession (רֵשׁ, resh) of his territory. This divine authorization distinguishes Israel's conquest of Amorite land from any alleged seizure of Ammonite territory. By recounting the specific moment God directed Israel to confront Sihon, Jephthah establishes that Transjordanian holdings originated in YHWH's sovereign command, not in arbitrary military expansion against neighboring peoples.
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Text: Deuteronomy 2:24
OT Text Referred to: Judges 11:15-27
Subject: God's gift of Sihon's territory
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression
Significance: God commands Israel in Deuteronomy 2:24 to "cross the Arnon Valley" and take possession of Sihon's land because "I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite" (הָחִלֹּתִי תֵּת לְפָנֶיךָ, hachilloti tet lefanekha). Jephthah appeals to this divine grant in his diplomatic argument against Ammon (Judges 11:15-27), contending that the land in question was taken from Sihon by divine mandate, not from the Ammonites. Jephthah's speech functions as a historical brief rooted in Deuteronomy's conquest account, and his argument hinges on the Deuteronomic distinction between prohibited territories (Edom, Moab, Ammon) and the divinely authorized conquest of Sihon's Amorite kingdom.