Verse 2

And Jephthah{H3316} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, I and my people{H5971} were{H1961}{(H8804)} at great{H3966} strife{H376}{H7379} with the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}; and when I called{H2199}{(H8799)} you, ye delivered{H3467}{(H8689)} me not out of their hands{H3027}.

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• Judg 11:12-33 : 12 And Jephthah{H3316} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} unto the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come{H935}{(H8804)} against me to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} in my land{H776}? 13 And the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} answered{H559}{(H8799)} unto the messengers{H4397} of Jephthah{H3316}, Because Israel{H3478} took away{H3947}{(H8804)} my land{H776}, when they came up{H5927}{(H8800)} out of Egypt{H4714}, from Arnon{H769} even unto Jabbok{H2999}, and unto Jordan{H3383}: now therefore restore those lands again{H7725}{(H8685)} peaceably{H7965}. 14 And Jephthah{H3316} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} again{H3254}{(H8686)} unto the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}: 15 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} Jephthah{H3316}, Israel{H3478} took not away{H3947}{(H8804)} the land{H776} of Moab{H4124}, nor the land{H776} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}: 16 But when Israel{H3478} came up{H5927}{(H8800)} from Egypt{H4714}, and walked{H3212}{(H8799)} through the wilderness{H4057} unto the Red{H5488} sea{H3220}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to Kadesh{H6946}; 17 Then Israel{H3478} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} unto the king{H4428} of Edom{H123}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Let me, I pray thee, pass through{H5674}{(H8799)} thy land{H776}: but the king{H4428} of Edom{H123} would not hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} thereto. And in like manner they sent{H7971}{(H8804)} unto the king{H4428} of Moab{H4124}: but he would{H14}{(H8804)} not consent: and Israel{H3478} abode{H3427}{(H8799)} in Kadesh{H6946}. 18 Then they went along{H3212}{(H8799)} through the wilderness{H4057}, and compassed{H5437}{(H8799)} the land{H776} of Edom{H123}, and the land{H776} of Moab{H4124}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} by the east side{H4217}{H8121} of the land{H776} of Moab{H4124}, and pitched{H2583}{(H8799)} on the other side{H5676} of Arnon{H769}, but came{H935}{(H8804)} not within the border{H1366} of Moab{H4124}: for Arnon{H769} was the border{H1366} of Moab{H4124}. 19 And Israel{H3478} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites{H567}, the king{H4428} of Heshbon{H2809}; and Israel{H3478} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Let us pass{H5674}{(H8799)}, we pray thee, through thy land{H776} into{H5704} my place{H4725}. 20 But Sihon{H5511} trusted{H539}{(H8689)} not Israel{H3478} to pass{H5674}{(H8800)} through his coast{H1366}: but Sihon{H5511} gathered{H622} all his people{H5971} together{H622}{(H8799)}, and pitched{H2583}{(H8799)} in Jahaz{H3096}, and fought{H3898}{(H8735)} against Israel{H3478}. 21 And the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} Sihon{H5511} and all his people{H5971} into the hand{H3027} of Israel{H3478}, and they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them: so Israel{H3478} possessed{H3423}{(H8799)} all the land{H776} of the Amorites{H567}, the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of that country{H776}. 22 And they possessed{H3423}{(H8799)} all the coasts{H1366} of the Amorites{H567}, from Arnon{H769} even unto Jabbok{H2999}, and from the wilderness{H4057} even unto Jordan{H3383}. 23 So now the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} hath dispossessed{H3423}{(H8689)} the Amorites{H567} from before{H6440} his people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, and shouldest thou possess{H3423}{(H8799)} it? 24 Wilt not thou possess{H3423}{(H8799)} that which Chemosh{H3645} thy god{H430} giveth thee to possess{H3423}{(H8686)}? So whomsoever the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} shall drive out{H3423}{(H8689)} from before{H6440} us, them will we possess{H3423}{(H8799)}. 25 And now art thou any thing better{H2896} than Balak{H1111} the son{H1121} of Zippor{H6834}, king{H4428} of Moab{H4124}? did he ever{H7378}{(H8800)} strive{H7378}{(H8804)} against Israel{H3478}, or did he ever{H3898}{(H8736)} fight{H3898}{(H8738)} against them, 26 While Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427}{(H8800)} in Heshbon{H2809} and her towns{H1323}, and in Aroer{H6177} and her towns{H1323}, and in all the cities{H5892} that be along by the coasts{H3027} of Arnon{H769}, three{H7969} hundred{H3967} years{H8141}? why therefore did ye not recover{H5337}{(H8689)} them within that time{H6256}? 27 Wherefore I have not sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee, but thou doest{H6213}{(H8802)}{H853} me wrong{H7451} to war{H3898}{(H8736)} against me: the LORD{H3068} the Judge{H8199}{(H8802)} be judge{H8199}{(H8799)} this day{H3117} between the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}. 28 Howbeit the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} not unto the words{H1697} of Jephthah{H3316} which he sent{H7971}{(H8804)} him. 29 Then the Spirit{H7307} of the LORD{H3068} came upon Jephthah{H3316}, and he passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} Gilead{H1568}, and Manasseh{H4519}, and passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} Mizpeh{H4708} of Gilead{H1568}, and from Mizpeh{H4708} of Gilead{H1568} he passed over{H5674}{(H8804)} unto the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}. 30 And Jephthah{H3316} vowed{H5087}{(H8799)} a vow{H5088} unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, If thou shalt without fail{H5414}{(H8800)} deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} into mine hands{H3027}, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever{H3318}{(H8802)} cometh forth{H3318}{(H8799)} of the doors{H1817} of my house{H1004} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} me, when I return{H7725}{(H8800)} in peace{H7965} from the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, shall surely be the LORD'S{H3068}, and I will offer it up{H5927}{(H8689)} for a burnt offering{H5930}. 32 So Jephthah{H3316} passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against them; and the LORD{H3068} delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them into his hands{H3027}. 33 And he smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them from Aroer{H6177}, even till thou come{H935}{(H8800)} to Minnith{H4511}, even twenty{H6242} cities{H5892}, and unto the plain{H58} of the vineyards{H3754}{(H8677)}{H64}, with a very{H3966} great{H1419} slaughter{H4347}. Thus the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} were subdued{H3665}{(H8735)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.