Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the message Jephthah sent him.
But the Ammonite king refused to listen to the message that Jephthah sent to him.
But the king of the sons of Ammon was not willing to agree to the words of Jephthah that he commissioned by the messengers.
And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by the messengers.