Judges:12

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* Verse 1-7 - The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon . Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel ; only by that comes contention . It is ill to fasten names of reproach upon persons or countries , as is common , especially upon those under outward disadvantages . It often occasions quarrels that prove of ill consequence , as it did here . No contentions are so bitter as those between brethren or rivals for honour . What need we have to watch and pray against evil tempers ! May the Lord incline all his people to follow after things which make for peace ! * Verse 8-15 - We have here a short account of three more of the judges of Israel . The happiest life of individuals , and the happiest state of society , is that which affords the fewest remarkable events . To live in credit and quiet , to be peacefully useful to those around us , to possess a clear conscience ; but , above all , and without which nothing can avail , to enjoy communion with God our Saviour while we live , and to die at peace with God and man , form the substance of all that a wise man can desire . **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary ****

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