Verse 21

Judges 11:21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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21 And the Lord delivered him with all his army into the hands of Israel, and he slew him, and possessed all the land of the Amorrhite the inhabitant of that country,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ֠/יִּתֵּן יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת סִיח֧וֹן וְ/אֶת כָּל עַמּ֛/וֹ בְּ/יַ֥ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַ/יַּכּ֑וּ/ם וַ/יִּירַשׁ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֚ת כָּל אֶ֣רֶץ הָ/אֱמֹרִ֔י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב הָ/אָ֥רֶץ הַ/הִֽיא

English Translation

And the LORD gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, which dwells in that area.

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Chapter 11 Context

1 There was at that time Jephte the Galaadite, a most valiant man and a warrior, the son of a woman th... Focus ↗

2 Now Galaad had a wife of whom he had sons: who after they were grown up, thrust out Jephte, saying:... Focus ↗

3 Then he fled and avoided them and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered to him needy men... Focus ↗

4 In those days the children of Ammon made war against Israel. Focus ↗

5 And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of T... Focus ↗

6 And they said to him: Come thou and be our prince, and fight against the children of Ammon. Focus ↗

7 And he answered them: Are not you the men that hated me, and cast me out of my father's house, and n... Focus ↗

8 And the princes of Galaad said to Jephte: For this cause we are now come to thee, that thou mayst go... Focus ↗

9 Jephte also said to them: If you be come to me sincerely, that I should fight for you against the ch... Focus ↗

10 They answered him: The Lord who heareth these things, he himself is mediator and witness that we wil... Focus ↗

11 Jephte therefore went with the princes of Galaad, and all the people made him their prince. And Jeph... Focus ↗

12 And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name, What hast thou to d... Focus ↗

13 And he answered them: I Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the conf... Focus ↗

14 And Jephte again sent word by them, and commanded them to say to the king of Ammon: Focus ↗

15 Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: Focus ↗

16 But when they came up out of Egypt, he walked through the desert to the Red Sea and came into Cades. Focus ↗

17 And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But he would... Focus ↗

18 And went round the land of Edom at the side, and the land of Moab: and came over against the east co... Focus ↗

19 So Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, who dwelt in Hesebon, and they said to hi... Focus ↗

20 But he also despising the words of Israel, suffered him not to pass through his borders: but gatheri... Focus ↗

21 And the Lord delivered him with all his army into the hands of Israel, and he slew him, and possesse...

22 And all the coasts thereof from the Arnon to the Jaboc, and from the wilderness to the Jordan. Focus ↗

23 So the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel destroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting agains... Focus ↗

24 Are not those things which thy god Chamos possesseth, due to thee by right? But what the Lord our Go... Focus ↗

25 Unless perhaps thou art better than Balac the son of Sephor king of Moab: or canst shew that he stro... Focus ↗

26 Whereas he hath dwelt in Hesebon, and the villages thereof, and in Aroer, and its villages, and in a... Focus ↗

27 Therefore I do not trespass against thee, but thou wrongest me by declaring an unjust war against me... Focus ↗

28 And the king of the children of Ammon would not hearken to the words of Jephte, which he sent him by... Focus ↗

29 Therefore the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephte, and going round Galaad, and Manasses, and Maspha... Focus ↗

30 He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, Focus ↗

31 Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me when I return in pe... Focus ↗

32 And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon, to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them... Focus ↗

33 And he smote them from Aroer till you come to Mennith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is s... Focus ↗

34 And when Jephte returned into Maspha to his house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and with... Focus ↗

35 And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and t... Focus ↗

36 And she answered him: My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the Lord, do unto me whatsoever th... Focus ↗

37 And she said to her father: Grant me only this which I desire: Let me go, that I may go about the mo... Focus ↗

38 And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrade... Focus ↗

39 And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and... Focus ↗

40 That from year to year the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 11 (40 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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