strkjv@Judges:11:1
@ Now
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
was a mighty
man
of
valour
, and he was the
son
of an
harlot
H2181: and
Gilead
begat
Jephthah
.
strkjv@Judges:11:2
@ And
Gileads
wife
bare
him
sons
; and his
wifes
sons
grew
up
, and they thrust
out
Jephthah
, and
said
unto him, Thou shalt not
inherit
in our
fathers
house
; for thou art the
son
of a
strange
woman
.
strkjv@Judges:11:3
@ Then
Jephthah
fled
from
his
brethren
, and
dwelt
in the
land
of
Tob
: and there were
gathered
vain
men
to
Jephthah
, and went
out
with him.
strkjv@Judges:11:4
@ And it came to pass in process of
time
, that the
children
of
Ammon
made
war
against
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:11:5
@ And it was so, that when the
children
of
Ammon
made
war
against
Israel
, the
elders
of
Gilead
went
to
fetch
Jephthah
out of the
land
of
Tob
:
strkjv@Judges:11:6
@ And they
said
unto
Jephthah
,
Come
, and be our
captain
, that we may
fight
with the
children
of
Ammon
.
strkjv@Judges:11:7
@ And
Jephthah
said
unto the
elders
of
Gilead
, Did not ye
hate
me, and
expel
me out of my
fathers
house
? and why are ye
come
unto me now when ye are in
distress
?
strkjv@Judges:11:8
@ And the
elders
of
Gilead
said
unto
Jephthah
, Therefore we turn
again
to thee now, that thou mayest
go
with us, and
fight
against the
children
of
Ammon
, and be our
head
over all the
inhabitants
of
Gilead
.
strkjv@Judges:11:9
@ And
Jephthah
said
unto the
elders
of
Gilead
, If ye bring me home
again
to
fight
against the
children
of
Ammon
, and the
LORD
deliver
them
before
me, shall I be your
head
?
strkjv@Judges:11:10
@ And the
elders
of
Gilead
said
unto
Jephthah
, The
LORD
be
witness
between us, if we
do
not so according to thy
words
.
strkjv@Judges:11:11
@ Then
Jephthah
went
with the
elders
of
Gilead
, and the
people
made
him
head
and
captain
over them: and
Jephthah
uttered
all his
words
before
the
LORD
in
Mizpeh
.
strkjv@Judges:11:12
@ And
Jephthah
sent
messengers
unto the
king
of the
children
of
Ammon
,
saying
, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art
come
against me to
fight
in my
land
?
strkjv@Judges:11:13
@ And the
king
of the
children
of
Ammon
answered
unto the
messengers
of
Jephthah
, Because
Israel
took
away
my
land
, when they came
up
out of
Egypt
, from
Arnon
even unto
Jabbok
, and unto
Jordan
: now therefore restore those lands
again
peaceably
.
strkjv@Judges:11:14
@ And
Jephthah
sent
messengers
again
unto the
king
of the
children
of
Ammon
:
strkjv@Judges:11:15
@ And
said
unto him, Thus
saith
Jephthah
,
Israel
took not
away
the
land
of
Moab
, nor the
land
of the
children
of
Ammon
:
strkjv@Judges:11:16
@ But when
Israel
came
up
from
Egypt
, and
walked
through the
wilderness
unto the
Red
sea
, and
came
to
Kadesh
;
strkjv@Judges:11:17
@ Then
Israel
sent
messengers
unto the
king
of
Edom
,
saying
, Let me, I pray thee, pass
through
thy
land
: but the
king
of
Edom
would not
hearken
thereto. And in like manner they
sent
unto the
king
of
Moab
: but he
would
not consent: and
Israel
abode
in
Kadesh
.
strkjv@Judges:11:18
@ Then they went
along
through the
wilderness
, and
compassed
the
land
of
Edom
, and the
land
of
Moab
, and
came
by the east
side
of the
land
of
Moab
, and
pitched
on the other
side
of
Arnon
, but
came
not within the
border
of
Moab
: for
Arnon
was the
border
of
Moab
.
strkjv@Judges:11:19
@ And
Israel
sent
messengers
unto
Sihon
king
of the
Amorites
, the
king
of
Heshbon
; and
Israel
said
unto him, Let us
pass
, we pray thee, through thy
land
into
my
place
.
strkjv@Judges:11:20
@ But
Sihon
trusted
not
Israel
to
pass
through his
coast
: but
Sihon
gathered
all his
people
together
, and
pitched
in
Jahaz
, and
fought
against
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:11:21
@ And the
LORD
God
of
Israel
delivered
Sihon
and all his
people
into the
hand
of
Israel
, and they
smote
them: so
Israel
possessed
all the
land
of the
Amorites
, the
inhabitants
of that
country
.
strkjv@Judges:11:22
@ And they
possessed
all the
coasts
of the
Amorites
, from
Arnon
even unto
Jabbok
, and from the
wilderness
even unto
Jordan
.
strkjv@Judges:11:23
@ So now the
LORD
God
of
Israel
hath
dispossessed
the
Amorites
from
before
his
people
Israel
, and shouldest thou
possess
it?
strkjv@Judges:11:24
@ Wilt not thou
possess
that which
Chemosh
thy
god
giveth thee to
possess
? So whomsoever the
LORD
our
God
shall drive
out
from
before
us, them will we
possess
.
strkjv@Judges:11:25
@ And now art thou any thing
better
than
Balak
the
son
of
Zippor
,
king
of
Moab
? did he
ever
strive
against
Israel
, or did he
ever
fight
against them,
strkjv@Judges:11:26
@ While
Israel
dwelt
in
Heshbon
and her
towns
, and in
Aroer
and her
towns
, and in all the
cities
that be along by the
coasts
of
Arnon
,
three
hundred
years
? why therefore did ye not
recover
them within that
time
?
strkjv@Judges:11:27
@ Wherefore I have not
sinned
against thee, but thou
doest
me
wrong
to
war
against me: the
LORD
the
Judge
be
judge
this
day
between the
children
of
Israel
and the
children
of
Ammon
.
strkjv@Judges:11:28
@ Howbeit the
king
of the
children
of
Ammon
hearkened
not unto the
words
of
Jephthah
which he
sent
him.
strkjv@Judges:11:29
@ Then the
Spirit
of the
LORD
came upon
Jephthah
, and he passed
over
Gilead
, and
Manasseh
, and passed
over
Mizpeh
of
Gilead
, and from
Mizpeh
of
Gilead
he passed
over
unto the
children
of
Ammon
.
strkjv@Judges:11:30
@ And
Jephthah
vowed
a
vow
unto the
LORD
, and
said
, If thou shalt without
fail
deliver
the
children
of
Ammon
into mine
hands
,
strkjv@Judges:11:31
@ Then it shall be, that
whatsoever
cometh
forth
of the
doors
of my
house
to
meet
me, when I
return
in
peace
from the
children
of
Ammon
, shall surely be the
LORDS
, and I will offer it
up
for a burnt
offering
.
strkjv@Judges:11:32
@ So
Jephthah
passed
over
unto the
children
of
Ammon
to
fight
against them; and the
LORD
delivered
them into his
hands
.
strkjv@Judges:11:33
@ And he
smote
them from
Aroer
, even till thou
come
to
Minnith
, even
twenty
cities
, and unto the
plain
of the
vineyards
Abel, with a
very
great
slaughter
. Thus the
children
of
Ammon
were
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:11:34
@ And
Jephthah
came
to
Mizpeh
unto his
house
, and, behold, his
daughter
came
out
to
meet
him with
timbrels
and with
dances
: and she was his only
child
; beside her he had neither
son
nor
daughter
.
strkjv@Judges:11:35
@ And it came to pass, when he
saw
her, that he
rent
his
clothes
, and
said
,
Alas
, my
daughter
! thou hast
brought
me
very
low
, and thou art one of them that
trouble
me: for I have
opened
my
mouth
unto the
LORD
, and I
cannot
go
back
.
strkjv@Judges:11:36
@ And she
said
unto him, My
father
, if thou hast
opened
thy
mouth
unto the
LORD
,
do
to me according to that
which
hath
proceeded
out of thy
mouth
;
forasmuch
as the
LORD
hath
taken
vengeance
for thee of thine
enemies
, even of the
children
of
Ammon
.
strkjv@Judges:11:37
@ And she
said
unto her
father
, Let this
thing
be
done
for me: let me
alone
two
months
, that I may go
up
and
down
upon the
mountains
, and
bewail
my
virginity
, I and my
fellows
.
strkjv@Judges:11:38
@ And he
said
,
Go
. And he sent her
away
for
two
months
: and she
went
with her
companions
, and
bewailed
her
virginity
upon the
mountains
.
strkjv@Judges:11:39
@ And it came to pass at the
end
of
two
months
, that she
returned
unto her
father
, who
did
with her according to his
vow
which he had
vowed
: and she
knew
no
man
. And it was a
custom
in
Israel
,
strkjv@Judges:11:40
@ That the
daughters
of
Israel
went
yearly
to
lament
the
daughter
of
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
four
days
in a
year
.
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