Verse 4

Judges 11:4

Darby Translation

4 And it came to pass after some time, that the children of Ammon fought with Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֖י מִ/יָּמִ֑ים וַ/יִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי עַמּ֖וֹן עִם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And it came to pass after some days that the children of Ammon fought against Israel.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 11 Context
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead ha... Focus ↗
2 And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons were grown, they expelled Jephthah, and sa... Focus ↗
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob. And vain men were gathered to Je... Focus ↗
4 And it came to pass after some time, that the children of Ammon fought with Israel.
5 And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah... Focus ↗
6 And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight against the children of Ammon... Focus ↗
7 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house... Focus ↗
8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we have returned to thee now, that thou mayest... Focus ↗
9 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye take me back to fight against the children of Ammon... Focus ↗
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah be witness between us, if we do not so accordin... Focus ↗
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; an... Focus ↗
12 And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with... Focus ↗
13 And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away m... Focus ↗
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon, Focus ↗
15 and said to him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the chi... Focus ↗
16 But when they came up from Egypt, then Israel walked through the wilderness as far as the Red sea, a... Focus ↗
17 And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land;... Focus ↗
18 And they walked through the wilderness, and went round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and ca... Focus ↗
19 And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to hi... Focus ↗
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel, to let him pass through his border, and Sihon gathered all his people,... Focus ↗
21 And Jehovah the God (Elohim) of Israel gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and th... Focus ↗
22 And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, and from the wil... Focus ↗
23 And now Jehovah the God (Elohim) of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Isra... Focus ↗
24 Dost not thou possess what Chemosh thy god puts thee in possession of? and whatever Jehovah our God... Focus ↗
25 And now art thou indeed better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive with I... Focus ↗
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its dependent villages, and in Aroer and its dependent villages, a... Focus ↗
27 So I have not sinned against thee, but it is thou who doest me wrong in making war against me. Jehov... Focus ↗
28 But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him. Focus ↗
29 Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed... Focus ↗
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt without fail give the children of Ammon... Focus ↗
31 then shall that which cometh forth from the door of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from... Focus ↗
32 And Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah gave them into... Focus ↗
33 And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, twenty cities, even unto Abel-Cheramim, wit... Focus ↗
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambour... Focus ↗
35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou h... Focus ↗
36 And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to Jehovah, do to me according to that... Focus ↗
37 And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go... Focus ↗
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she went with her companions, and bewailed... Focus ↗
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, and he performed on h... Focus ↗
40 that from year to year the daughters of Israel go to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadit... Focus ↗