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Chapter 11
Now
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
was
a
mighty
man
of
valour,
and
he
was
the
son
of
an
harlot:
and
Gilead
begat
Jephthah.
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.
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.
4
And
it
came
to
pass
in
process
of
time,
that
the
children
of
Ammon
made
war
against
Israel.
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:
6
And
they
said
unto
Jephthah,
Come,
and
be
our
captain,
that
we
may
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon.
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?
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.
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?
10
And
the
elders
of
Gilead
said
unto
Jephthah,
The
Lord
be
witness
between
us,
if
we
do
not
so
according
to
thy
words.
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.
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?
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.
14
And
Jephthah
sent
messengers
again
unto
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
15
And
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Jephthah,
Israel
took
not
away
the
land
of
Moab,
nor
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
16
But
when
Israel
came
up
from
Egypt,
and
walked
through
the
wilderness
unto
the
Red
sea,
and
came
to
Kadesh;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
22
And
they
possessed
all
the
coasts
of
the
Amorites,
from
Arnon
even
unto
Jabbok,
and
from
the
wilderness
even
unto
Jordan.
23
So
now
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
hath
dispossessed
the
Amorites
from
before
his
people
Israel,
and
shouldest
thou
possess
it?
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.
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,
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?
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.
28
Howbeit
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
hearkened
not
unto
the
words
of
Jephthah
which
he
sent
him.
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.
30
And
Jephthah
vowed
a
vow
unto
the
Lord,
and
said,
If
thou
shalt
without
fail
deliver
the
children
of
Ammon
into
mine
hands,
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
Lord’s,
and
I
will
offer
it
up
for
a
burnt
offering.
32
So
Jephthah
passed
over
unto
the
children
of
Ammon
to
fight
against
them;
and
the
Lord
delivered
them
into
his
hands.
33
And
he
smote
them
from
Aroer,
even
till
thou
come
to
Minnith,
even
twenty
cities,
and
unto
the
plain
of
the
vineyards,
with
a
very
great
slaughter.
Thus
the
children
of
Ammon
were
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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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