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Chapter 11
Now
Iephthah
the
Gileadite
was
a
mightie
man
of
valour,
and
he
was
the
sonne
of
an
harlot:
and
Gilead
begate
Iephthah.
2
And
Gileads
wife
bare
him
sonnes,
and
his
wiues
sonnes
grew
vp,
and
they
thrust
out
Iephthah,
and
said
vnto
him,
Thou
shalt
not
inherite
in
our
fathers
house,
for
thou
art
the
son
of
a
strange
woman.
3
Then
Iephthah
fled
from
his
brethren,
and
dwelt
in
the
land
of
Tob:
and
there
were
gathered
vaine
men
to
Iephthah,
and
went
out
with
him.
4
And
it
came
to
passe,
in
processe
of
time,
that
the
children
of
Ammon
made
warre
against
Israel.
5
And
it
was
so,
that
when
the
children
of
Ammon
made
war
against
Israel,
the
Elders
of
Gilead
went
to
fetch
Iephthah
out
of
the
land
of
Tob,
6
And
they
said
vnto
Iephthah,
Come
and
bee
our
Captaine,
that
wee
may
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon.
7
And
Iephthah
said
vnto
the
Elders
of
Gilead,
Did
not
ye
hate
me,
and
expell
me
out
of
my
fathers
house?
And
why
are
ye
come
vnto
mee
now
when
ye
are
in
distresse?
8
And
the
Elders
of
Gilead
said
vnto
Iephthah,
Therefore
we
turne
againe
to
thee
now,
that
thou
mayest
go
with
vs,
and
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
bee
our
head
ouer
all
the
inhabitants
of
Gilead.
9
And
Iephthah
said
vnto
the
Elders
of
Gilead,
If
ye
bring
me
home
againe
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
the
Lord
deliuer
them
before
me;
shall
I
be
your
Head?
10
And
the
Elders
of
Gilead
said
vnto
Iephthah,
The
Lord
be
witnes
betweene
vs,
if
we
doe
not
so
according
to
thy
words.
11
Then
Iephthah
went
with
the
Elders
of
Gilead,
and
the
people
made
him
head
and
captaine
ouer
them:
and
Iephthah
vttered
all
his
words
before
the
Lord
in
Mizpeh.
12
And
Iephthah
sent
messengers
vnto
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
saying,
What
hast
thou
to
do
with
me,
that
thou
art
come
against
mee
to
fight
in
my
land?
13
And
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
answered
vnto
the
messengers
of
Iephthah;
Because
Israel
tooke
away
my
land
when
they
came
vp
out
of
Egypt,
from
Arnon
euen
vnto
Iabbok,
and
vnto
Iordan:
now
therfore
restore
those
lands
againe
peaceably.
14
And
Iephthah
sent
messengers
againe
vnto
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
15
And
said
vnto
him,
Thus
saith
Iephthah;
Israel
tooke
not
away
the
land
of
Moab,
nor
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
16
But
when
Israel
came
vp
from
Egypt,
and
walked
through
the
wildernesse,
vnto
the
red
sea,
and
came
to
Kadesh;
17
Then
Israel
sent
messengers
vnto
the
king
of
Edom
saying,
Let
me,
I
pray
thee,
passe
through
thy
land.
But
the
king
of
Edom
would
not
hearken
thereto:
And
in
like
maner
they
sent
vnto
the
king
of
Moab:
but
hee
would
not
consent:
&
Israel
abode
in
Kadesh.
18
Then
they
went
along
through
the
wildernes,
and
compassed
the
land
of
Edom,
and
the
land
of
Moab,
and
came
by
the
Eastside
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
vnto
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
the
king
of
Heshbon,
and
Israel
said
vnto
him,
Let
vs
passe,
we
pray
thee,
thorow
thy
land,
vnto
my
place.
20
But
Sihon
trusted
not
Israel,
to
passe
through
his
coast:
but
Sihon
gathered
all
his
people
together,
and
pitched
in
Iahaz,
and
fought
against
Israel.
21
And
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
deliuered
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
countrey.
22
And
they
possessed
all
the
coasts
of
the
Amorites,
from
Arnon
euen
vnto
Iabbok,
and
from
the
wildernesse
euen
vnto
Iordan.
23
So
nowe
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
hath
dispossessed
the
Amorites
from
before
his
people
Israel,
and
shouldest
thou
possesse
it?
24
Wilt
not
thou
possesse
that
which
Chemosh
thy
god
giueth
thee
to
possesse?
so
whomsoeuer
the
Lord
our
God
shal
driue
out
from
before
vs,
them
will
we
possesse.
25
And
now,
art
thou
any
thing
better
then
Balak
the
sonne
of
Zippor
king
of
Moab?
Did
hee
euer
striue
against
Israel,
or
did
hee
euer
fight
against
them,
26
While
Israel
dwelt
in
Heshbon,
and
her
townes,
and
in
Aroer,
and
her
townes,
and
in
all
the
cities
that
bee
along
by
the
coasts
of
Arnon,
three
hundred
yeeres?
Why
therefore
did
yee
not
recouer
them
within
that
time?
27
Wherefore,
I
haue
not
sinned
against
thee,
but
thou
doest
me
wrong
to
warre
against
mee:
the
Lord
the
Iudge,
bee
Iudge
this
day
betweene
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
children
of
Ammon.
28
Howbeit,
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
hearkened
not
vnto
the
words
of
Iephthah
which
hee
sent
him.
29
Then
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
came
vpon
Iephthah,
and
he
passed
ouer
Gilead
and
Manasseh,
and
passed
ouer
Mizpeh
of
Gilead,
and
from
Mizpeh
of
Gilead
hee
passed
ouer
vnto
the
children
of
Ammon.
30
And
Iephthah
vowed
a
vowe
vnto
the
Lord,
and
said,
If
thou
shalt
without
faile
deliuer
the
children
of
Ammon
into
mine
hands,
31
Then
it
shall
be,
that
whatsoeuer
commeth
forth
of
the
doores
of
my
house
to
meete
me,
when
I
returne
in
peace
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
shall
surely
be
the
Lords,
and
I
will
offer
it
vp
for
a
burnt
offering.
32
So
Iephthah
passed
ouer
vnto
the
children
of
Ammon
to
fight
against
them,
and
the
Lord
deliuered
them
into
his
hands.
33
And
he
smote
them
from
Aroer,
euen
till
thou
come
to
Minnith,
euen
twentie
cities,
and
vnto
the
plaine
of
the
vineyards,
with
a
very
great
slaughter:
thus
the
children
of
Ammon
were
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel.
34
And
Iephthah
came
to
Mizpeh
vnto
his
house,
and
beholde,
his
daughter
came
out
to
meete
him
with
timbrels
and
with
dances,
and
she
was
his
onely
childe:
beside
her
he
had
neither
sonne
nor
daughter.
35
And
it
came
to
passe
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
haue
opened
my
mouth
vnto
the
Lord,
and
I
cannot
goe
backe.
36
And
she
said
vnto
him,
My
father,
if
thou
hast
opened
thy
mouth
vnto
the
Lord,
doe
to
me
according
to
that
which
hath
proceeded
out
of
thy
mouth;
forasmuch
as
the
Lord
hath
taken
vengeance
for
thee
of
thine
enemies,
euen
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
37
And
she
said
vnto
her
father,
Let
this
thing
be
done
for
me:
Let
me
alone
two
moneths,
that
I
may
goe
vp
and
downe
vpon
the
mountaines,
and
bewaile
my
virginitie,
I,
and
my
fellowes.
38
And
he
said,
Goe.
And
he
sent
her
away
for
two
moneths,
and
shee
went
with
her
companions,
and
bewailed
her
virginitie
vpon
the
mountaines.
39
And
it
came
to
passe
at
the
ende
of
two
moneths
that
shee
returned
vnto
her
father,
who
did
with
her
according
to
his
vow
which
he
had
vowed:
and
she
knew
no
man:
&
it
was
a
custome
in
Israel,
40
That
the
daughters
of
Israel
went
yeerely
to
lament
the
daughter
of
Iephthah
the
Gileadite
foure
dayes
in
a
yeere.
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