Verse 25
Judges 11:25
New King James Version
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And now
art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה הֲ/ט֥וֹב טוֹב֙ אַתָּ֔ה מִ/בָּלָ֥ק בֶּן צִפּ֖וֹר מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב הֲ/ר֥וֹב רָב֙ עִם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם נִלְחֹ֥ם נִלְחַ֖ם בָּֽ/ם
English Translation
And now, are you better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Is there a multitude with Israel, or should we fight against them?
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Chapter 11 Context
1
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he
was
the son of an harlot: and Gilead...
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And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said...
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Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men...
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And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
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And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to...
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And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
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And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s hou...
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And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest g...
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9
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children...
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10
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so accordi...
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11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: an...
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12
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do wi...
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13
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took...
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14
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
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And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the c...
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16
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to...
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17
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy lan...
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Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, a...
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19
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unt...
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20
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together,...
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21
And the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and...
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22
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wildern...
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So now the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,...
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24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our...
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25
And now
art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive aga...
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While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that...
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Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Ju...
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28
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him...
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Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed...
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30
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of...
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Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in...
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So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered the...
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33
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith,
even twenty cities, and unto the plain...
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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timb...
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And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou ha...
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And she said unto him, My father,
if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to...
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37
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go...
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38
And he said, Go. And he sent her away
for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed...
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39
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her
ac...
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40
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days...
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