1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was
2 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against
7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me,
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the
19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but
21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people
22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon
23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites
25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor,
28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the
29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt
32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith,
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his
35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes,
36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth
37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned