Verse 29

Judges 11:29

Noah Webster Bible

29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תְּהִ֤י עַל יִפְתָּח֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֥ר אֶת הַ/גִּלְעָ֖ד וְ/אֶת מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹר֙ אֶת מִצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד וּ/מִ/מִּצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד עָבַ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן
English Translation
And the spirit of the LORD was upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and he passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
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Chapter 11 Context
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead beg... Focus ↗
2 And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said... Focus ↗
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men... Focus ↗
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. Focus ↗
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to... Focus ↗
6 And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. Focus ↗
7 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and expel me from my father's house;... Focus ↗
8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go... Focus ↗
9 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children o... Focus ↗
10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be a witness between us, if we do not so accordi... 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 answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took aw... 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 Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red sea, and came to Ka... Focus ↗
17 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land:... Focus ↗
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, a... 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 pass through his border: but Sihon collected all his people, and enc... Focus ↗
21 And the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and... Focus ↗
22 And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderne... Focus ↗
23 So now the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,... Focus ↗
24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our... Focus ↗
25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab? did he ever strive agai... Focus ↗
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that... Focus ↗
27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Ju... Focus ↗
28 But, the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah which he sent him. Focus ↗
29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed...
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of A... Focus ↗
31 Then it shall be, that whatever cometh out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in pea... Focus ↗
32 So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them... Focus ↗
33 And he smote them from Aroer even till thou comest to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain... Focus ↗
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrel... Focus ↗
35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said Alas, my daughter! thou has... Focus ↗
36 And she said to him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth to the LORD, do to me according to tha... Focus ↗
37 And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: Let me alone two months, that I may go up... 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, who did with her acco... Focus ↗
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days... Focus ↗