jephthah <JUG11 -1> Now {Jephthah} the Gileadite was a mighty

man of

valour, and he [was] the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat

Jephthah.

jephthah <JUG11 -1> Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man

of

valour, and he [was] the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat

{Jephthah}.

jephthah <JUG11 -2> And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his

wife's

sons grew up, and they thrust out {Jephthah}, and said unto him,

Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou [art] the

son

of a strange woman.

jephthah <JUG11 -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.

jephthah <JUG11 -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.

jephthah <JUG11 -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:

jephthah <JUG11 -6> And they said unto {Jephthah}, Come, and be

our

captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

jephthah <JUG11 -7> And {Jephthah} said unto the elders of

Gilead,

Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and

why

are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

jephthah <JUG11 -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.

jephthah <JUG11 -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?

jephthah <JUG11 -10> And the elders of Gilead said unto

{Jephthah},

The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy

words.

jephthah <JUG11 -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.

jephthah <JUG11 -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.

jephthah <JUG11 -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?

jephthah <JUG11 -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] agai

n peaceably.

jephthah <JUG11 -14> And {Jephthah} sent messengers again unto

the

king of the children of Ammon:

jephthah <JUG11 -15> And said unto him, Thus saith {Jephthah},

Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the

children

of Ammon:

jephthah <JUG11 -28> Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon

hearkened not unto the words of {Jephthah} which he sent him.

jephthah <JUG11 -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.

jephthah <JUG11 -30> And {Jephthah} vowed a vow unto the LORD,

and

said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon

into

mine hands,

jephthah <JUG11 -32> So {Jephthah} passed over unto the children

of

Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his

hands.

jephthah <JUG11 -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.

jephthah <JUG11 -40> [That] the daughters of Israel went yearly

to

lament the daughter of {Jephthah} the Gileadite four days in a

year.

jephthah <JUG12 -1> And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves

together, and went northward, and said unto {Jephthah}, Wherefore

passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and

didst

not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upo

n thee with fire.

jephthah <JUG12 -2> And {Jephthah} said unto them, I and my

people

were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I

called

you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

jephthah <JUG12 -4> Then {Jephthah} gathered together all the

men of

Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote

Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of

Ephraim

among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.

jephthah <JUG12 -7> And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then

died

{Jephthah} the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities

of

Gilead.

jephthah <JUG12 -7> And {Jephthah} judged Israel six years. Then

died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the

cities

of Gilead.

jephthah <1SA12 -11> And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and

{Jephthah}, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your

enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

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