Judges 11

1 ♥ 📝 N ow Jephthah^H3316 the Gileadite^H1569 was a mighty man^H1368 of valor,^H2428 and he was the son^H1121 of a harlot:^H802 and Gilead^H1568 begat^H3205 Jephthah.^H3316

2 ♥ 📝 And Gilead's^H1568 wife^H802 bare^H3205 him sons;^H1121 and when his wife's^H802 sons^H1121 grew up,^H1431 they drove out^H1644 Jephthah,^H3316 and said^H559 unto him, Thou shalt not inherit^H5157 in our father's^H1 house;^H1004 for thou art the son^H1121 of another^H312 woman.^H802

3 ♥ 📝 Then Jephthah^H3316 fled^H1272 from^H6440 his brethren,^H251 and dwelt^H3427 in the land^H776 of Tob:^H2897 and there were gathered^H3950 vain^H7386 fellows^H582 to Jephthah,^H3316 and they went out^H3318 with him.

4 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass after a while,^H3117 that the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 made war^H3898 against Israel.^H3478

5 ♥ 📝 And it was so, that, when the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 made war^H3898 against Israel,^H3478 the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568 went^H3212 to fetch^H3947 Jephthah^H3316 out of the land^H776 of Tob;^H2897

6 ♥ 📝 and they said^H559 unto Jephthah,^H3316 Come^H3212 and be our chief,^H7101 that we may fight^H3898 with the children^H1121 of Ammon.^H5983

7 ♥ 📝 And Jephthah^H3316 said^H559 unto the elders^H2205 of Gilead,^H1568 Did not ye hate^H8130 me, and drive^H1644 me out of my father's^H1 house?^H1004 and why are ye come^H935 unto me now when ye are in distress?^H6887

8 ♥ 📝 And the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568 said^H559 unto Jephthah,^H3316 Therefore are we turned again^H7725 to thee now, that thou mayest go^H1980 with us, and fight^H3898 with the children^H1121 of Ammon;^H5983 and thou shalt be our head^H7218 over all the inhabitants^H3427 of Gilead.^H1568

9 ♥ 📝 And Jephthah^H3316 said^H559 unto the elders^H2205 of Gilead,^H1568 If ye bring me home again^H7725 to fight^H3898 with the children^H1121 of Ammon,^H5983 and Jehovah^H3068 deliver^H5414 them before^H6440 me, shall I be your head?^H7218

10 ♥ 📝 And the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568 said^H559 unto Jephthah,^H3316 Jehovah^H3068 shall be witness^H8085 between us; surely according to thy word^H1697 so will we do.^H6213

11 ♥ 📝 Then Jephthah^H3316 went^H3212 with the elders^H2205 of Gilead,^H1568 and the people^H5971 made^H7760 him head^H7218 and chief^H7101 over them: and Jephthah^H3316 spake^H1696 all his words^H1697 before^H6440 Jehovah^H3068 in Mizpah.^H4709

12 ♥ 📝 And Jephthah^H3316 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto the king^H4428 of the children^H1121 of Ammon,^H5983 saying,^H559 What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come^H935 unto me to fight^H3898 against my land?^H776

13 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 answered^H559 unto the messengers^H4397 of Jephthah,^H3316 Because Israel^H3478 took away^H3947 my land,^H776 when he came up^H5927 out of Egypt,^H4714 from the Arnon^H769 even unto the Jabbok,^H2999 and unto the Jordan:^H3383 now therefore restore those [lands] again^H7725 peaceably.^H7965

14 ♥ 📝 And Jephthah^H3316 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 again^H3254 unto the king^H4428 of the children^H1121 of Ammon;^H5983

15 ♥ 📝 and he said^H559 unto him, Thus saith^H559 Jephthah:^H3316 Israel^H3478 took not away^H3947 the land^H776 of Moab,^H4124 nor the land^H776 of the children^H1121 of Ammon,^H5983

16 ♥ 📝 but when they came up^H5927 from Egypt,^H4714 and Israel^H3478 went^H3212 through the wilderness^H4057 unto the Red^H5488 Sea,^H3220 and came^H935 to Kadesh;^H6946

17 ♥ 📝 then Israel^H3478 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto the king^H4428 of Edom,^H123 saying,^H559 Let me, I pray thee, pass through^H5674 thy land;^H776 but the king^H4428 of Edom^H123 hearkened^H8085 not. And in like manner he sent^H7971 unto the king^H4428 of Moab;^H4124 but he would^H14 not: and Israel^H3478 abode^H3427 in Kadesh.^H6946

18 ♥ 📝 Then they went through^H3212 the wilderness,^H4057 and went around^H5437 the land^H776 of Edom,^H123 and the land^H776 of Moab,^H4124 and came^H935 by the east side^H4217 of the land^H776 of Moab,^H4124 and they encamped^H2583 on the other side^H5676 of the Arnon;^H769 but they came^H935 not within the border^H1366 of Moab,^H4124 for the Arnon^H769 was the border^H1366 of Moab.^H4124

19 ♥ 📝 And Israel^H3478 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto Sihon^H5511 king^H4428 of the Amorites,^H567 the king^H4428 of Heshbon;^H2809 and Israel^H3478 said^H559 unto him, Let us pass,^H5674 we pray thee, through thy land^H776 unto^H5704 my place.^H4725

20 ♥ 📝 But Sihon^H5511 trusted^H539 not Israel^H3478 to pass^H5674 through his border;^H1366 but Sihon^H5511 gathered^H622 all his people^H5971 together,^H622 and encamped^H2583 in Jahaz,^H3096 and fought^H3898 against Israel.^H3478

21 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 delivered^H5414 Sihon^H5511 and all his people^H5971 into the hand^H3027 of Israel,^H3478 and they smote^H5221 them: so Israel^H3478 possessed^H3423 all the land^H776 of the Amorites,^H567 the inhabitants^H3427 of that country.^H776

22 ♥ 📝 And they possessed^H3423 all the border^H1366 of the Amorites,^H567 from the Arnon^H769 even unto the Jabbok,^H2999 and from the wilderness^H4057 even unto the Jordan.^H3383

23 ♥ 📝 So now Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 hath dispossessed^H3423 the Amorites^H567 from before^H6440 his people^H5971 Israel,^H3478 and shouldest thou possess^H3423 them?

24 ♥ 📝 Wilt not thou possess^H3423 that which Chemosh^H3645 thy god^H430 giveth thee to possess?^H3423 So whomsoever Jehovah^H3068 our God^H430 hath dispossessed^H3423 from before^H6440 us, them will we possess.^H3423

25 ♥ 📝 And now art thou anything better^H2896 than Balak^H1111 the son^H1121 of Zippor,^H6834 king^H4428 of Moab?^H4124 did he ever^H7378 strive^H7378 against Israel,^H3478 or did he ever^H7378 fight^H3898 against them?

26 ♥ 📝 While Israel^H3478 dwelt^H3427 in Heshbon^H2809 and its towns,^H1323 and in Aroer^H6177 and its towns,^H1323 and in all the cities^H5892 that are along by the side^H3027 of the Arnon,^H769 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 years;^H8141 wherefore did ye not recover^H5337 them within that time?^H6256

27 ♥ 📝 I therefore have not sinned^H2398 against thee, but thou doest^H6213 me wrong^H7451 to war^H3898 against me: Jehovah,^H3068 the Judge,^H8199 be judge^H8199 this day^H3117 between the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 and the children^H1121 of Ammon.^H5983

28 ♥ 📝 Howbeit the king^H4428 of the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 hearkened^H8085 not unto the words^H1697 of Jephthah^H3316 which he sent^H7971 him.

29 ♥ 📝 Then the Spirit^H7307 of Jehovah^H3068 came upon Jephthah,^H3316 and he passed over^H5674 Gilead^H1568 and Manasseh,^H4519 and passed over^H5674 Mizpeh^H4708 of Gilead,^H1568 and from Mizpeh^H4708 of Gilead^H1568 he passed over^H5674 unto the children^H1121 of Ammon.^H5983

30 ♥ 📝 And Jephthah^H3316 vowed^H5087 a vow^H5088 unto Jehovah,^H3068 and said,^H559 If thou wilt indeed^H5414 deliver^H5414 the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 into my hand,^H3027

31 ♥ 📝 then it shall be, that whatsoever^H3318 cometh forth^H3318 from the doors^H1817 of my house^H1004 to meet^H7125 me, when I return^H7725 in peace^H7965 from the children^H1121 of Ammon,^H5983 it shall be Jehovah's,^H3068 and I will offer it up^H5927 for a burnt-offering.^H5930

32 ♥ 📝 So Jephthah^H3316 passed over^H5674 unto the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 to fight^H3898 against them; and Jehovah^H3068 delivered^H5414 them into his hand.^H3027

33 ♥ 📝 And he smote^H5221 them from Aroer^H6177 until thou come^H935 to Minnith,^H4511 even twenty^H6242 cities,^H5892 and unto^H58 Abel-cheramim,^H3754 with a very^H3966 great^H1419 slaughter.^H4347 So the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 were subdued^H3665 before^H6440 the children^H1121 of Israel.^H3478

34 ♥ 📝 And Jephthah^H3316 came^H935 to Mizpah^H4709 unto his house;^H1004 and, behold, his daughter^H1323 came out^H3318 to meet^H7125 him with timbrels^H8596 and with dances:^H4246 and she was his only child;^H3173 besides her he had neither son^H1121 nor^H176 daughter.^H1323

35 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when he saw^H7200 her, that he rent^H7167 his clothes,^H899 and said,^H559 Alas,^H162 my daughter!^H1323 thou hast brought^H3766 me very^H3766 low,^H3766 and thou art one of them that trouble^H5916 me; for I have opened^H6475 my mouth^H6310 unto Jehovah,^H3068 and I cannot^H3201 go back.^H7725

36 ♥ 📝 And she said^H559 unto him, My father,^H1 thou hast opened^H6475 thy mouth^H6310 unto Jehovah;^H3068 do^H6213 unto me according to that which^H834 hath proceeded^H3318 out of thy mouth,^H6310 forasmuch^H310 as Jehovah^H3068 hath taken^H6213 vengeance^H5360 for thee on thine enemies,^H341 even on the children^H1121 of Ammon.^H5983

37 ♥ 📝 And she said^H559 unto her father,^H1 Let this thing^H1697 be done^H6213 for me: let me alone^H7503 two^H8147 months,^H2320 that I may depart^H3212 and go down^H3381 upon the mountains,^H2022 and bewail^H1058 my virginity,^H1331 I and my companions.^H7464

38 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Go.^H3212 And he sent her away^H7971 for two^H8147 months:^H2320 and she departed,^H3212 she and her companions,^H7464 and bewailed^H1058 her virginity^H1331 upon the mountains.^H2022

39 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass at the end^H7093 of two^H8147 months,^H2320 that she returned^H7725 unto her father,^H1 who did^H6213 with her according to his vow^H5088 which he had vowed:^H5087 and she knew^H3045 not man.^H376 And it was a custom^H2706 in Israel,^H3478

40 ♥ 📝 that the daughters^H1323 of Israel^H3478 went^H3212 yearly^H3117 to celebrate^H8567 the daughter^H1323 of Jephthah^H3316 the Gileadite^H1569 four^H702 days^H3117 in a year.^H8141