Judges 11:8-33 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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8 H2205 And the elders H1568 of Gilead H559 said H3316 to Jephthah, H7725 Therefore we turn H7725 again H6258 to you now, H1980 that you may go H3898 with us, and fight H1121 against the children H5983 of Ammon, H7218 and be our head H3605 over all H3427 the inhabitants H1568 of Gilead.

9 H3316 And Jephthah H559 said H2205 to the elders H1568 of Gilead, H518 If H7725 you bring H7725 me home H7725 again H3898 to fight H1121 against the children H5983 of Ammon, H3068 and the LORD H5414 deliver H6440 them before H7218 me, shall I be your head?

10 H2205 And the elders H1568 of Gilead H559 said H3316 to Jephthah, H3068 The LORD H8085 be witness H996 between H518 us, if H6213 we do H3651 not so H1697 according to your words.

11 H3316 Then Jephthah H3212 went H2205 with the elders H1568 of Gilead, H5971 and the people H7760 made H7218 him head H7101 and captain H5921 over H3316 them: and Jephthah H1696 uttered H3605 all H1697 his words H6440 before H3068 the LORD H4709 in Mizpeh.

12 H3316 And Jephthah H7971 sent H4397 messengers H4428 to the king H1121 of the children H5983 of Ammon, H559 saying, H4100 What H935 have you to do with me, that you are come H413 against H3898 me to fight H776 in my land?

13 H4428 And the king H1121 of the children H5983 of Ammon H559 answered H4397 to the messengers H3316 of Jephthah, H3588 Because H3478 Israel H3947 took H776 away my land, H5927 when they came H4714 up out of Egypt, H769 from Arnon H2999 even to Jabbok, H3383 and to Jordan: H6258 now H7725 therefore restore H7725 those lands again H7965 peaceably.

14 H3316 And Jephthah H7971 sent H4397 messengers H3254 again H5750 H4428 to the king H1121 of the children H5983 of Ammon:

15 H559 And said H3541 to him, Thus H559 said H3316 Jephthah, H3478 Israel H3947 took H776 not away the land H4124 of Moab, H776 nor the land H1121 of the children H5983 of Ammon:

16 H3478 But when Israel H5927 came H4714 up from Egypt, H3212 and walked H4057 through the wilderness H5488 to the Red H3220 sea, H935 and came H6946 to Kadesh;

17 H3478 Then Israel H7971 sent H4397 messengers H4428 to the king H123 of Edom, H559 saying, H4994 Let me, I pray H5674 you, pass H776 through your land: H4428 but the king H123 of Edom H8085 would not listen H1571 thereto. And in like H7971 manner they sent H4428 to the king H4124 of Moab: H14 but he would H14 not consent: H3478 and Israel H3427 stayed H6946 in Kadesh.

18 H3212 Then they went H4057 along through the wilderness, H5437 and compassed H776 the land H123 of Edom, H776 and the land H4124 of Moab, H935 and came H4217 by the east H8121 H776 side of the land H4124 of Moab, H2583 and pitched H5676 on the other H5676 side H769 of Arnon, H935 but came H1366 not within the border H4124 of Moab: H769 for Arnon H1366 was the border H4124 of Moab.

19 H3478 And Israel H7971 sent H4397 messengers H5511 to Sihon H4428 king H567 of the Amorites, H4428 the king H2809 of Heshbon; H3478 and Israel H559 said H5674 to him, Let us pass, H4994 we pray H776 you, through your land H5704 into H4725 my place.

20 H5511 But Sihon H539 trusted H3478 not Israel H5674 to pass H1366 through his coast: H5511 but Sihon H622 gathered H3605 all H5971 his people H2583 together, and pitched H3096 in Jahaz, H3898 and fought H5973 against H3478 Israel.

21 H3068 And the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H5414 delivered H5511 Sihon H3605 and all H5971 his people H3027 into the hand H3478 of Israel, H5221 and they smote H3478 them: so Israel H3423 possessed H3605 all H776 the land H567 of the Amorites, H3427 the inhabitants H776 of that country.

22 H3423 And they possessed H3605 all H1366 the coasts H567 of the Amorites, H769 from Arnon H2999 even to Jabbok, H4057 and from the wilderness H3383 even to Jordan.

23 H6258 So now H3068 the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H3423 has dispossessed H567 the Amorites H6440 from before H5971 his people H3478 Israel, H3423 and should you possess it?

24 H3423 Will not you possess H834 that which H3645 Chemosh H430 your god H3423 gives you to possess? H3605 So whomsoever H834 H3068 the LORD H430 our God H3423 shall drive H6440 out from before H3423 us, them will we possess.

25 H6258 And now H2896 are you any thing better H1111 than Balak H1121 the son H6834 of Zippor, H4428 king H4124 of Moab? H7378 did he ever strive H5973 against H3478 Israel, H3898 or did he ever fight H5973 against them,

26 H3478 While Israel H3427 dwelled H2809 in Heshbon H1323 and her towns, H6177 and in Aroer H1323 and her towns, H3605 and in all H5892 the cities H3027 that be along by the coasts H769 of Arnon, H7969 three H3967 hundred H8141 years? H4069 why H5337 therefore did you not recover H6256 them within that time?

27 H2398 Why I have not sinned H6213 against you, but you do H7451 me wrong H3898 to war H3068 against me: the LORD H8199 the Judge H8199 be judge H3117 this day H996 between H1121 the children H3478 of Israel H1121 and the children H5983 of Ammon.

28 H4428 However, the king H1121 of the children H5983 of Ammon H8085 listened H1697 not to the words H3316 of Jephthah H834 which H7971 he sent him.

29 H7307 Then the Spirit H3068 of the LORD H1961 came H3316 on Jephthah, H5674 and he passed H5674 over H1568 Gilead, H4519 and Manasseh, H5674 and passed H5674 over H4708 Mizpeh H1568 of Gilead, H4708 and from Mizpeh H1568 of Gilead H5674 he passed H5674 over H1121 to the children H5983 of Ammon.

30 H3316 And Jephthah H5087 vowed H5088 a vow H3068 to the LORD, H559 and said, H518 If H5414 you shall without fail deliver H1121 the children H5983 of Ammon H3027 into my hands,

31 H834 Then it shall be, that whatever H3318 comes H3318 forth H1817 of the doors H1004 of my house H7125 to meet H7725 me, when I return H7965 in peace H1121 from the children H5983 of Ammon, H3068 shall surely be the LORD’s, H5927 and I will offer H5930 it up for a burnt offering.

32 H3316 So Jephthah H5674 passed H5674 over H1121 to the children H5983 of Ammon H3898 to fight H3068 against them; and the LORD H5414 delivered H3027 them into his hands.

33 H5221 And he smote H6177 them from Aroer, H5704 even till H935 you come H4511 to Minnith, H6242 even twenty H5892 cities, H58 and to the plain H3754 of the vineyards, H3966 with a very H1419 great H4347 slaughter. H1121 Thus the children H5983 of Ammon H3665 were subdued H6440 before H1121 the children H3478 of Israel.