1. Judges 11:4 (ESV)
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What does “after a time” denote?

Judges 11:4 (ESV)

4 After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.

The time in view is the time it would have taken for the call for a volunteer by the leaders of Gilead (Judges 10:18) to circulate throughout the villages and towns of Gilead.1

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