Judges 11 (kjv)

Now Jephthah^H3316 the Gileadite^H1569 was a mighty man^H1368 of valour^H2428, and he was the son^H1121 of an harlot^{H802 H2181}: and Gilead^H1568 begat^H3205 Jephthah^H3316.²And Gilead's^H1568 wife^H802 bare^H3205 him sons^H1121; and his wife's^H802 sons^H1121 grew up^H1431, and they thrust 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 a strange^H312 woman^H802.³Then 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 men^H582 to Jephthah^H3316, and went out^H3318 with him.⁴And it came to pass in process of time^H3117, that the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 made war^H3898 against Israel^H3478.⁵And 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^H2897:⁶And they said^H559 unto Jephthah^H3316, Come^H3212, and be our captain^H7101, that we may fight^H3898 with the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983.⁷And Jephthah^H3316 said^H559 unto the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568, Did not ye hate^H8130 me, and expel^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?⁸And the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568 said^H559 unto Jephthah^H3316, Therefore we turn again^H7725 to thee now, that thou mayest go^H1980 with us, and fight^H3898 against the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983, and be our head^H7218 over all the inhabitants^H3427 of Gilead^H1568.⁹And Jephthah^H3316 said^H559 unto the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568, If ye bring me home again^H7725 to fight^H3898 against the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983, and the LORD^H3068 deliver^H5414 them before^H6440 me, shall I be your head^H7218?¹⁰And the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568 said^H559 unto Jephthah^H3316, The LORD^H3068 be witness^H8085 between us, if we do^H6213 not so according to thy words^H1697.¹¹Then Jephthah^H3316 went^H3212 with the elders^H2205 of Gilead^H1568, and the people^H5971 made^H7760 him head^H7218 and captain^H7101 over them: and Jephthah^H3316 uttered^H1696 all his words^H1697 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 in Mizpeh^H4709.

¹²And 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 against me to fight^H3898 in my land^H776?¹³And 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 they came up^H5927 out of Egypt^H4714, from Arnon^H769 even unto Jabbok^H2999, and unto Jordan^H3383: now therefore restore those lands again^H7725 peaceably^H7965.¹⁴And Jephthah^H3316 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 again^H3254 unto the king^H4428 of the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983:¹⁵And 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^H5983:¹⁶But when Israel^H3478 came up^H5927 from Egypt^H4714, and walked^H3212 through the wilderness^H4057 unto the Red^H5488 sea^H3220, and came^H935 to Kadesh^H6946;¹⁷Then 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 would not hearken^H8085 thereto. And in like manner they sent^H7971 unto the king^H4428 of Moab^H4124: but he would^H14 not consent: and Israel^H3478 abode^H3427 in Kadesh^H6946.¹⁸Then they went along^H3212 through the wilderness^H4057, and compassed^H5437 the land^H776 of Edom^H123, and the land^H776 of Moab^H4124, and came^H935 by the east side^{H4217 H8121} of the land^H776 of Moab^H4124, and pitched^H2583 on the other side^H5676 of Arnon^H769, but came^H935 not within the border^H1366 of Moab^H4124: for Arnon^H769 was the border^H1366 of Moab^H4124.¹⁹And 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 into^H5704 my place^H4725.²⁰But Sihon^H5511 trusted^H539 not Israel^H3478 to pass^H5674 through his coast^H1366: but Sihon^H5511 gathered^H622 all his people^H5971 together^H622, and pitched^H2583 in Jahaz^H3096, and fought^H3898 against Israel^H3478.²¹And the LORD^H3068 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^H776.²²And they possessed^H3423 all the coasts^H1366 of the Amorites^H567, from Arnon^H769 even unto Jabbok^H2999, and from the wilderness^H4057 even unto Jordan^H3383.²³So now the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 hath dispossessed^H3423 the Amorites^H567 from before^H6440 his people^H5971 Israel^H3478, and shouldest thou possess^H3423 it?²⁴Wilt not thou possess^H3423 that which Chemosh^H3645 thy god^H430 giveth thee to possess^H3423? So whomsoever the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 shall drive out^H3423 from before^H6440 us, them will we possess^H3423.²⁵And now art thou any thing 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^H3898 fight^H3898 against them,²⁶While Israel^H3478 dwelt^H3427 in Heshbon^H2809 and her towns^H1323, and in Aroer^H6177 and her towns^H1323, and in all the cities^H5892 that be along by the coasts^H3027 of Arnon^H769, three^H7969 hundred^H3967 years^H8141? why therefore did ye not recover^H5337 them within that time^H6256?²⁷Wherefore I have not sinned^H2398 against thee, but thou doest^{H6213 H853} me wrong^H7451 to war^H3898 against me: the LORD^H3068 the Judge^H8199 be judge^H8199 this day^H3117 between the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 and the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983.²⁸Howbeit 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.

²⁹Then the Spirit^H7307 of the LORD^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^H5983.³⁰And Jephthah^H3316 vowed^H5087 a vow^H5088 unto the LORD^H3068, and said^H559, If thou shalt without fail^H5414 deliver^H5414 the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 into mine hands^H3027,³¹Then it shall be, that whatsoever^H3318 cometh forth^H3318 of 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, shall surely be the LORD'S^H3068, and I will offer it up^H5927 for a burnt offering^H5930.

³²So Jephthah^H3316 passed over^H5674 unto the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 to fight^H3898 against them; and the LORD^H3068 delivered^H5414 them into his hands^H3027.³³And he smote^H5221 them from Aroer^H6177, even till thou come^H935 to Minnith^H4511, even twenty^H6242 cities^H5892, and unto the plain^H58 of the vineyards^{H3754 H64}, with a very^H3966 great^H1419 slaughter^H4347. Thus the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 were subdued^H3665 before^H6440 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478.

³⁴And Jephthah^H3316 came^H935 to Mizpeh^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; beside her he had neither son^H1121 nor^H176 daughter^H1323.³⁵And 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 the LORD^H3068, and I cannot^H3201 go back^H7725.³⁶And she said^H559 unto him, My father^H1, if thou hast opened^H6475 thy mouth^H6310 unto the LORD^H3068, do^H6213 to me according to that which^H834 hath proceeded^H3318 out of thy mouth^H6310; forasmuch^H310 as the LORD^H3068 hath taken^H6213 vengeance^H5360 for thee of thine enemies^H341, even of the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983.³⁷And 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 go up^H3212 and down^H3381 upon the mountains^H2022, and bewail^H1058 my virginity^H1331, I and my fellows^{H7464 H7474}.³⁸And he said^H559, Go^H3212. And he sent her away^H7971 for two^H8147 months^H2320: and she went^H3212 with her companions^H7464, and bewailed^H1058 her virginity^H1331 upon the mountains^H2022.³⁹And 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 no man^H376. And it was a custom^H2706 in Israel^H3478,⁴⁰That the daughters^H1323 of Israel^H3478 went^H3212 yearly^{H3117 H3117} to lament^H8567 the daughter^H1323 of Jephthah^H3316 the Gileadite^H1569 four^H702 days^H3117 in a year^H8141.