Verse 28
Judges 11:28
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Jephthah made a solemn promise to the Lord, saying, “If you make me victorious over the Ammonites,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔ע מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן אֶל דִּבְרֵ֣י יִפְתָּ֔ח אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלַ֖ח אֵלָֽי/ו
English Translation
And the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent to him.
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Chapter 11 Context
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Jephthah of Gilead was a strong fighter. He was the son of a prostitute, and his father was Gilead.
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Gilead's wife gave him sons, who when they grew up, drove Jephthah away, telling him, “You won't inh...
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Jephthah ran away from his brothers and went to live in the land of Tob. A gang of trouble-makers jo...
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Later on, the Ammonites were at war with Israel.
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As the Ammonites were attacking Israel, the elders of Gilead came to get Jephthah from the land of T...
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“Come and be our army commander,” they asked Jepthah, “so we can fight the Ammonites.”
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“Weren't you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father's house?” Jephthah asked them. “Why a...
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“Yes, that's why we've turned to you now,” the elders of Gilead replied. “Come with us and fight the...
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“So if I go back with you and fight the Ammonites, and the Lord makes me victorious, then I'll be yo...
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“The Lord will be a witness between us,” they replied. “We'll do whatever you say.”
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So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and army commander....
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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites to ask him, “What have you got against me...
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The king of the Ammonites replied to Jephthah's messengers, “Israel seized my land when they came fr...
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to tell him, “This is Jephthah's reply: The Israelites did not take any land from Moab or from the A...
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15
When they left Egypt, the Israelites went through the desert to the Red Sea and arrived at Kadesh.
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They sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your country,’ but the...
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Eventually the Israelites traveled through the desert, avoiding the lands of Edom and Moab. They arr...
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Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, and aske...
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But Sihon didn't trust the Israelites to pass through his territory. So he assembled his army, set u...
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However, the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, handed over Sihon and all his people to the Israelite...
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They occupied all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from t...
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It was the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who drove out the Amorites before his people Israel, so...
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Why don't you keep whatever your god Chemosh gave you, and we'll keep whatever the Lord our God (Elo...
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Do you think you're so much better than Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with...
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Israelites have been living in Heshbon, Aroer, their villages, and in all the towns along the banks...
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I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by going to war against me. Let the Lord,...
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Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then on through...
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Jephthah made a solemn promise to the Lord, saying, “If you make me victorious over the Ammonites,
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I will dedicate to the Lord whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me on my safe return...
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Jephthah advanced to attack the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him the victory over them.
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He soundly defeated them, capturing twenty cities from Aroer to the area around Minnith, up as far a...
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When Jephthah arrived home in Mizpah, there came his daughter out to meet him, with tambourines and...
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The moment he saw her, he ripped his clothes in agony and cried out, “Oh no, my daughter! You have c...
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She replied, “Father, you have made a solemn promise to the Lord. Do to me what you promised, for th...
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Then she went on to say to him, “Just let me do this: let me walk through the hills for two months w...
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“You can go,” he told her. He sent her away for two months, and she and her friends went into the hi...
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When the two months were over, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had promised, and...
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