WEB_Strongs(i)
1
H3316
Now Jephthah
H1569
the Gileadite
H1368
was a mighty man
H2428
of valor,
H1121
and he was the son
H802
of a prostitute:
H1568
and Gilead
H3205
became the father
H3316
of Jephthah.
2
H1568
Gilead's
H802
wife
H3205
bore
H1121
him sons;
H802
and when his wife's
H1121
sons
H1431
grew up,
H1644
they drove out
H3316
Jephthah,
H559
and said
H5157
to him, "You shall not inherit
H1
in our father's
H1004
house;
H1121
for you are the son
H312
of another
H802
woman."
3
H3316
Then Jephthah
H1272
fled
H6440
from
H251
his brothers,
H3427
and lived
H776
in the land
H2897
of Tob:
H3950
and there were gathered
H7386
vain
H582
fellows
H3316
to Jephthah,
H3318
and they went out with him.
4
H3117
It happened after a while,
H1121
that the children
H5983
of Ammon
H3898
made war
H3478
against Israel.
5
H1121
It was so, that when the children
H5983
of Ammon
H3898
made war
H3478
against Israel,
H2205
the elders
H1568
of Gilead
H3212
went
H3947
to get
H3316
Jephthah
H776
out of the land
H2897
of Tob;
6
H559
and they said
H3316
to Jephthah,
H3212
"Come
H7101
and be our chief,
H3898
that we may fight
H1121
with the children
H5983
of Ammon."
7
H3316
Jephthah
H559
said
H2205
to the elders
H1568
of Gilead,
H8130
"Didn't you hate
H1644
me, and drive
H1
me out of my father's
H1004
house?
H935
Why have you come
H6887
to me now when you are in distress?"
8
H2205
The elders
H1568
of Gilead
H559
said
H3316
to Jephthah,
H7725
"Therefore we have turned again
H1980
to you now, that you may go
H3898
with us, and fight
H1121
with the children
H5983
of Ammon;
H7218
and you shall be our head
H3427
over all the inhabitants
H1568
of Gilead."
9
H3316
Jephthah
H559
said
H2205
to the elders
H1568
of Gilead,
H7725
"If you bring me home again
H3898
to fight
H1121
with the children
H5983
of Ammon,
H3068
and Yahweh
H5414
deliver
H6440
them before
H7218
me, shall I be your head?"
10
H2205
The elders
H1568
of Gilead
H559
said
H3316
to Jephthah,
H3068
"Yahweh
H8085
shall be witness
H1697
between us; surely according to your word
H6213
so will we do."
11
H3316
Then Jephthah
H3212
went
H2205
with the elders
H1568
of Gilead,
H5971
and the people
H7760
made
H7218
him head
H7101
and chief
H3316
over them: and Jephthah
H1696
spoke
H1697
all his words
H6440
before
H3068
Yahweh
H4709
in Mizpah.
12
H3316
Jephthah
H7971
sent
H4397
messengers
H4428
to the king
H1121
of the children
H5983
of Ammon,
H559
saying,
H935
"What have you to do with me, that you have come
H3898
to me to fight
H776
against my land?"
13
H4428
The king
H1121
of the children
H5983
of Ammon
H559
answered
H4397
to the messengers
H3316
of Jephthah,
H3478
"Because Israel
H3947
took away
H776
my land,
H5927
when he came up
H4714
out of Egypt,
H769
from the Arnon
H2999
even to the Jabbok,
H3383
and to the Jordan:
H7725
now therefore restore that territory again
H7965
peaceably."
14
H3316
Jephthah
H7971
sent
H4397
messengers
H3254
again
H4428
to the king
H1121
of the children
H5983
of Ammon;
15
H559
and he said
H559
to him, "Thus says
H3316
Jephthah:
H3478
Israel
H3947
didn't take away
H776
the land
H4124
of Moab,
H776
nor the land
H1121
of the children
H5983
of Ammon,
16
H5927
but when they came up
H4714
from Egypt,
H3478
and Israel
H3212
went
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,
H5674
‘Please let me pass through
H776
your land;'
H4428
but the king
H123
of Edom
H8085
didn't listen.
H7971
In the same way, he sent
H4428
to the king
H4124
of Moab;
H14
but he would
H3478
not: and Israel
H3427
stayed
H6946
in Kadesh.
18
H3212
Then they went through
H4057
the wilderness,
H5437
and went around
H776
the land
H123
of Edom,
H776
and the land
H4124
of Moab,
H935
and came
H4217
by the east side
H776
of the land
H4124
of Moab,
H2583
and they encamped
H5676
on the other side
H769
of the Arnon;
H935
but they didn't come
H1366
within the border
H4124
of Moab,
H769
for the Arnon
H1366
was the border
H4124
of Moab.
19
H3478
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, ‘Please let us pass
H776
through your land
H5704
to
H4725
my place.'
20
H5511
But Sihon
H539
didn't trust
H3478
Israel
H5674
to pass
H1366
through his border;
H5511
but Sihon
H622
gathered
H5971
all his people
H622
together,
H2583
and encamped
H3096
in Jahaz,
H3898
and fought
H3478
against Israel.
21
H3068
Yahweh,
H430
the God
H3478
of Israel,
H5414
delivered
H5511
Sihon
H5971
and all his people
H3027
into the hand
H3478
of Israel,
H5221
and they struck
H3478
them: so Israel
H3423
possessed
H776
all the land
H567
of the Amorites,
H3427
the inhabitants
H776
of that country.
22
H3423
They possessed
H1366
all the border
H567
of the Amorites,
H769
from the Arnon
H2999
even to the Jabbok,
H4057
and from the wilderness
H3383
even to the Jordan.
23
H3068
So now Yahweh,
H430
the God
H3478
of Israel,
H3423
has dispossessed
H567
the Amorites
H6440
from before
H5971
his people
H3478
Israel,
H3423
and should you possess them?
24
H3423
Won't you possess
H3645
that which Chemosh
H430
your god
H3423
gives you to possess?
H3068
So whoever Yahweh
H430
our God
H3423
has dispossessed
H6440
from before
H3423
us, them will we possess.
25
H2896
Now are you anything better
H1111
than Balak
H1121
the son
H6834
of Zippor,
H4428
king
H4124
of Moab?
H7378
Did he ever
H7378
strive
H3478
against Israel,
H7378
or did he ever
H3898
fight against them?
26
H3478
While Israel
H3427
lived
H2809
in Heshbon
H1323
and its towns,
H6177
and in Aroer
H1323
and its towns,
H5892
and in all the cities
H3027
that are along by the side
H769
of the Arnon,
H7969
three
H3967
hundred
H8141
years;
H5337
why didn't you recover
H6256
them within that time?
27
H2398
I therefore have not sinned
H6213
against you, but you do
H7451
me wrong
H3898
to war
H3068
against me. Yahweh,
H8199
the Judge,
H8199
be judge
H3117
this day
H1121
between 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
didn't listen
H1697
to the words
H3316
of Jephthah
H7971
which he sent him.
29
H7307
Then the Spirit
H3068
of Yahweh
H3316
came on Jephthah,
H5674
and he passed over
H1568
Gilead
H4519
and Manasseh,
H5674
and passed over
H4708
Mizpeh
H1568
of Gilead,
H4708
and from Mizpeh
H1568
of Gilead
H5674
he passed over
H1121
to the children
H5983
of Ammon.
30
H3316
Jephthah
H5087
vowed
H5088
a vow
H3068
to Yahweh,
H559
and said,
H5414
"If you will indeed
H5414
deliver
H1121
the children
H5983
of Ammon
H3027
into my hand,
31
H3318
then it shall be, that whatever
H3318
comes forth
H1817
from 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
it shall be Yahweh's,
H5927
and I will offer it up
H5930
for a burnt offering."