sent messengers: In this Jephthah acted in accordance with the law of Moses; and hence the justice of his cause would appear more forcibly to the people. Numbers 20:14, Numbers 21:21; Deuteronomy 2:26, Deuteronomy 20:10-11; Proverbs 25:8-9; Matthew 18:15-16
What hast: 2 Kings 14:8-12